The previous day, Ford had entered the Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests; he was released on October 16.[208] By November 2006, he was confined to a bed in his study.[209]

Death and legacy
Main article: Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford
Ford lying in state in the Capitol rotunda
Ford died on December 26, 2006, at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, of arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis. He had end-stage coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis and insufficiency, caused by calcific alteration of one of his heart valves.[210] At the time of his death, Ford was the longest-lived U.S. president, having lived 93 years and 165 days (45 days longer than Ronald Reagan, whose record he surpassed).[31] He died on the 34th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman's death; he was the last surviving member of the Warren Commission.[211]
On December 30, 2006, Ford became the 11th U.S. president to lie in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.[212] A state funeral and memorial services were held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. 