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On 5 July 2004, three days before he was to leave office, he suffered a heart attack or heart failure, probably caused by his long-term lung problems, and was left in critical condition.

He died on 6 July at 23: 33 local time at the AKH ( Allgemeines Krankenhaus-General Hospital ) in Vienna from multiple organ failure.

On 9 July 2004 he was interred in the presidential crypt at Vienna's Central Cemetery ( Zentralfriedhof ).

Among the notable dignitaries who attended his funeral were Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Austrian President and UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, and the Austrian-born Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.