ial ▁election , ▁but ▁at ▁the ▁party ' s ▁convention ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁was ▁un success ful , ▁obtain ing ▁only ▁ 6 % ▁( 1 4 6 ▁votes ) ▁of ▁total ▁delegate ▁ball ots ▁cast . ▁He ▁then ▁retired ▁from ▁politics . ▁ ▁The ▁Gh ana ian ▁media ▁circul ated ▁rum ours ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁at ▁the ▁Kor le ▁Bu ▁Te aching ▁Hospital ▁but ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁quickly ▁denied ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁by ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁hospital ▁authorities . ▁He ▁eventually ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁hospital ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 6 ▁from ▁a ▁heart - related ▁condition ▁and ▁comp lications ▁from ▁a ▁stroke . ▁He ▁died ▁almost ▁four ▁months ▁after ▁Gh ana ian ▁President ▁John ▁Att a ▁M ills ▁died . ▁A ▁state ▁fun eral , ▁attended ▁by ▁hundreds , ▁was ▁held ▁for ▁him ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁per ▁Islam ic ▁fun eral ▁prayer ▁r ites ▁( Jan aza ) ▁at ▁the ▁Independ ence ▁Square ▁in ▁the ▁capital , ▁Acc ra . ▁In ▁addition , ▁he ▁was ▁accord ed ▁cer emon ial ▁military ▁hon ours ▁including ▁an ▁army ▁process ion ▁accomp any ing ▁the ▁cort ège ▁and ▁a ▁ 1 9 - gun ▁sal ute ▁usually ▁given ▁to ▁depart ed ▁vice - pres idents . ▁His ▁body ▁was ▁later ▁flow n ▁in ▁a ▁Gh ana ▁Air ▁Force ▁jet