Death and state funeral of Chiang Kai-shek

Death and state funeral of Chiang Kai-shek
DateApril 5–16, 1975 (1975-04-05 – 1975-04-16)
LocationTaiwan
ParticipantsSoong Mei-ling, Chiang Ching-kuo, Yen Chia-kan, Chow Lien-hwa, members of the Chiang family, members of the Government of the Republic of China, Taiwanese civilians, and foreign dignitaries

On April 5, 1975, at 23:50 TWT, Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo and President of the Republic of China, died of a heart attack resulting from kidney failure caused by advanced heart failure and pneumonia at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, at the age of 87.

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