Cuomo died on January 1 , 2015 , in his home in Manhattan , New York , of heart failure , only hours after his son Andrew was sworn-in to a second term as Governor of New York State .
Cuomo died on January 1 , 2015 , in his home in Manhattan , New York City at the age of 82 from heart failure only hours after his son Andrew was sworn-in to a second term as governor of New York state .