page_title: Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino
section_title: Wake and funeral
hierarchical_section_title: Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino / Wake and funeral
caption_attribution_description: English: Line at the Corazon Aquino wake going to the Manila Cathedral in front of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila campus. The Cathedral is the green dome in the background.
context_page_description: Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, the eleventh President of the Philippines, died on August 1, 2009 at the Makati Medical Center in Makati of cardiorespiratory arrest after being in hospital since June 2009, and was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2008.
  The Aquino family declined an invitation by government to grant the former president a state funeral. Her funeral was held on August 5, 2009, and her body was buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque. She is the first woman and the second President and layman after Carlos P. García to have their wake at the Manila Cathedral.
caption: Queue for Aquino's wake at Manila Cathedral (its green cupola in background) in front of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila campus. The university offered mourners use of its facilities, such as its clinic and restrooms.[23]
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