Golda Meir

== After premiership and death (1974–1978) ==
In 1975, Meir published her autobiography, ''[[My Life (Meir autobiography)|My Life]]'', which became a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]].<ref name="ml" /><ref>See Schmidt (2004) for a close reading.</ref>

On 21 November 1977, Meir spoke at the Knesset on behalf of the Labor Party to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during his [[Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, 1977|historic trip]] as the first Arab leader to visit Israel. She said his visit was important for the sake of the next generations' avoiding war, praised Sadat for his courage and vision, and expressed the hope that while many differences remained to be resolved, that vision would be achieved in a spirit of mutual understanding.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/meirtosadat.html Remarks by Golda Meir to President Sadat in the Knesset], Jewish Virtual Library</ref><ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/three-years-too-late-golda-meir-understood-how-war-could-have-been-avoided "Three years too late, Golda Meir understood how war could have been avoided"], ''Times of Israel''</ref>

On 8 December 1978, Meir died of [[lymphatic cancer]] (lymphoma) in [[Jerusalem]] at the age of 80. She was buried on [[Mount Herzl]] in Jerusalem.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mtwtDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mount+Herzl+golda+meir&pg=PT856 ''Golda Meir: a political biography'']</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/israel_at_50/profiles/81288.stm Golda Meir], a BBC News profile.</ref>