context: Hardy became ill with the Fungus Search in 1927 and 1928 on January 11 at 9 p.m. Max later died at Gate, where he dedicated his last poem to his wife on the deathbed; In his death certificate, he attributed his death to "heart failure" as well as "old age". His funeral took place at Westminster Abbey on January 16, and the matter became controversial because Hardy and his family and friends intended to bury his body in a graveyard where his first wife, Emma, ​​was buried in Stinsford. However, his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, argued that his body should be placed in the Abbey's prominent Poets Corner. They reached an agreement and buried his heart with Emma in Stansford and his ashes were kept at Poets Corner.
question: In what year did Thomas Hardy die?
answers.text: 1928