anxiety Koch experienced amid efforts to out him during the period caused a decline in his health, which he said might have contributed to the stroke. Koch experienced some health problems, including heart issues, after his mayoralty, and was frequently hospitalized in the final months of his life. On January 31, 2013, he was admitted to Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Manhattan due to fatigue, where he died from heart failure at 2 a.m. the next day, aged 88. His funeral took place on February 4, 2013, at Temple Emanu-El, a Reform Jewish congregation in Manhattan. Because of Koch's fierce loyalty to Israel, the Israeli Consul-General to New York City spoke. Former president Bill Clinton also addressed the congregation, serving as President Obama's representative. New York City Police Department helicopters gave a fly-over at the service. Koch purchased a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery in April 2008 so that he could be buried in Manhattan. It is the only graveyard in the borough that accepts new burials. He chose to put the last words of the late journalist Daniel Pearl on his tombstone: "My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish." Wit A practiced public speaker since his days stumping for Adlai Stevenson, Koch was well known for his quips and one-liners. A few include: (On the occasion of his primary loss to David Dinkins) "The people have spoken ... and they must be punished." "I'm the sort of person who will never get ulcers. Why? Because I say exactly what I think. I'm the sort of person who might give other people ulcers." "If you agree with me on nine out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist." Works Koch, Edward I. (1980). The Mandate Millstone. US Conference of Mayors. . See also LGBT culture in New York City List of Jewish members of the United States Congress List of LGBT members of the United States Congress List of LGBT people from New York City List of mayors of New York City Timeline of New York City, 1970s–1980s References Notes Primary sources Koch, Edward, and Daniel Paisner. Citizen Koch: an autobiography (St. Martin's Press, 1992). Koch, Ed. The Koch Papers: My Fight Against Anti-Semitism (Macmillan, 2008). Further reading Goodwin, Michael, ed. New York Comes Back: The Mayoralty of Edward I. Koch,