Barry Goldwater

===Death===
[[File:Paradise Valley-Goldwater Crypt.JPG|thumb|175px|The ''Goldwater Crypt''#64]]
Goldwater's public appearances ended in late 1996 after he had a massive stroke. Family members disclosed he was in the early stages of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. He died on May 29, 1998, at the age of 89, at his long-time home in [[Paradise Valley, Arizona]], of complications from the stroke.<ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 ''Goldwater, Barry Morris, (1909–1988)'']. Retrieved January 1, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625035557/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |date=June 25, 2013 }}</ref> His funeral was co-officiated by both a Christian minister and a [[rabbi]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA195|title=The Jews of Capitol Hill|isbn=978-0810877382|last1=Stone|first1=Kurt F.|year= 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press |access-date=January 3, 2017|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726190508/https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&pg=PA195|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/8517/arizona-jews-recall-goldwater-s-ties-to-community/|title=Arizona Jews recall Goldwater's ties to community|work=The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California|date=June 12, 1998|access-date=February 13, 2016|archive-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406173226/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/8517/arizona-jews-recall-goldwater-s-ties-to-community/|url-status=live}}</ref> His ashes were buried at the Episcopal Christ Church of the Ascension in Paradise Valley, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/local/scottsdale/2014/04/16/whos-buried-in-scottsdale/7798291/|website=azcentral|title=Who's buried in Scottsdale?|date=October 27, 2017|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619194251/https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/local/scottsdale/2014/04/16/whos-buried-in-scottsdale/7798291/|url-status=live}}</ref> A memorial statue set in a small park has been erected to honor the memory of Goldwater in that town, near his former home and current resting place.