Harry S. Truman

== Death ==
[[File:TrumanFuneralWreath.jpg|thumb|Wreath by Truman's casket, December 27, 1972]]

On December 5, 1972, Truman was admitted to Kansas City's [[Research Medical Center|Research Hospital and Medical Center]] with [[pneumonia]]. He developed multiple organ failure, fell into a coma, and died at 7:50&nbsp;a.m. on December 26, at the age of 88.<ref name="CBSRadioNews1972">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ej-jLWxg-4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/4Ej-jLWxg-4| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=6:00 p.m.|work=CBS Radio News|publisher=CBS|access-date=December 27, 2017|date=December 25, 1972|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{sfn|Truman Library|2012i}}

Bess Truman opted for a simple private service at the library rather than a state funeral in Washington. A week after the funeral, foreign dignitaries and Washington officials attended a memorial service at [[Washington National Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry S. Truman eulogized at National Cathedral in Washington |url=https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/8b8df8d1bc5e37f885648c3fae455e2a/Harry-S-Truman-eulogized-at-National-Cathedral-in-Washington/ |publisher=United Press International |access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>

Bess Truman died in 1982 and was buried next to her husband at the [[Harry S. Truman Library and Museum]] in Independence, Missouri.{{sfn|Washington National Cathedral|2012}}{{sfn|Wooten|1973|p=1}}