survived long enough to see the end of the presidential term they contested. During the last years of his life, he made party tours throughout the country. In political events he was accompanied by young radicals who later became prominent party politicians, such as Ricardo Balbín and Crisologo Larralde. Last years and death By the end of the 1930s, Alvear's health had deteriorated, as a result of a flu from which it was difficult for him to recover and the political situation that the country was experiencing in those years. During a meeting of the National Committee, the surprise resignation of Alvear was read, made to leave the way to Tamborini clear. A delegation went to his home in Don Torcuato to inform him that the committee had rejected his resignation. Alvear could not receive them due to his delicate state of health, but with his secretary as an intermediary, he thanked them for the visit with the conclusion that "I am very ill, with one foot in the grave." On 23 March 1942, struck down by a heart attack, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear died next to his wife Regina Pacini at their home in Don Torcuato. A significant number of people moved to the town to say goodbye to the old president, despite the fact that it had rained for much of the day. The following day he was transferred to the Casa Rosada and watched over by the "official" authorities, precisely by those who had closed his access to the presidency through electoral fraud. Several leaders who had won thanks to fraud, such as Roberto Marcelino Ortiz, Agustín Pedro Justo and Rodolfo Moreno, gave Alvear words of praise. During his funeral, incidents occurred when a crowd of people forcibly stole the coffin from the official funeral liturgy held at the Casa Rosada; the coffin was carried by the people chanting slogans against the government to the Recoleta Cemetery. His remains are in the family mausoleum of the Recoleta Cemetery, together with those of his grandfather Carlos María de Alvear and his father Torcuato de Alvear, next to the grave of Juan Facundo Quiroga. The mausoleum was designed by the architect Alejandro Christophersen in 1905. Tribute and legacy He is considered by many to be a good president, who knew how to lead Argentina on the path of progress in the brilliant years of the 1920s. The cartoonists used