Editing James Scullin (section)

===Death and funeral===
[[File:Grave of James and Sarah Scullin, Melbourne General Cemetery 2017.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Grave of James and Sarah Scullin at [[Melbourne General Cemetery]]]]
Scullin was frequently bedridden in these last 18 months, and unable to attend many gatherings. His condition deteriorated further after retirement, suffering cardio-[[renal failure]] in 1951 and becoming almost permanently bedridden and under the care of his wife.

Scullin died in his sleep on 28 January 1953 in Hawthorn, Melbourne<ref name="Fact Facts">{{cite web|title=James Scullin|url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/Scullin/fast-facts.aspx|website=Australia's Prime Ministers|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=26 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626022939/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/scullin/fast-facts.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> from complications arising from [[pulmonary edema]]. He was accorded a state funeral in [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne]] with a Requiem Mass presided over by Archbishop [[Daniel Mannix]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23225475 |title=Crowds mourn late Mr. Scullin. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=2 February 1953 |access-date=31 October 2014 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was buried in the Catholic section of [[Melbourne General Cemetery]]. Over his grave the federal Labor executive and the [[ACTU]] erected a monument on behalf of the Labor movement of Australia. The inscription reads: "Justice and humanity demand interference whenever the weak are being crushed by the strong." Scullin's wife, [[Sarah Scullin|Sarah]], was interred with him in 1962. Labor stalwarts [[Arthur Calwell]], [[Esmond Kiernan]], Herbert Cremean and [[Edward Grayndler]] are all buried adjacent to the Scullin plot.