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Line 278: ==Death== [[File:Nelson Rockefeller and Jimmy Carter - NARA - 176664a.jpg|thumb|right|Rockefeller and President [[Jimmy Carter]] in October 1977]] Rockefeller died on January 26, 1979, from complications of a heart attack, two years and six days after departing the vice presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034|title=New York Governor and United States Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller dies after a heart attack in 1979|website=nydailynews.com|date=January 25, 2015 }}</ref> He was 70.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-death-spin-truth-article-1.808749|title=The story of Nelson Rockefeller's death and the spin that kept the (sexy) truth out of the headlines|first=Corky|last=Siemaszko|website=nydailynews.com|date=August 14, 2017 }}</ref> An initial report incorrectly stated that he died at his desk in his office at [[Rockefeller Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2012/01/26/on-this-day-in-history-january-26-dream-of-presidency-never-achieved/|title=On This Day In History, January 26: Dream of Presidency Never Achieved|date=January 26, 2012|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref><ref>See, for example, [http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=262425 CBS News report] of February 8, 1979, [[Roger Mudd]] reporting on conflicting stories about circumstances of Rockefeller's death.</ref> However, the report was soon corrected to state that Rockefeller actually had the fatal heart attack at another location: a townhouse he owned at [[13 West 54th Street]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/29/archives/new-details-are-reported-on-how-rockefeller-died-time-of-death.html|title=New Details Are Reported on How Rockefeller Died|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 29, 1979}}</ref> The heart attack occurred in the late evening in the presence of [[Megan Marshack]], a 25-year-old aide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/06/13/rockefeller-family-known-prominence-tragedy/10438241/|title=Rockefellers have known prominence, tragedy|website=lohud.com}}</ref> After Rockefeller suffered the heart attack, Marshack called her friend, news reporter [[Ponchitta Pierce]], to the townhouse; Pierce phoned an ambulance approximately an hour after the heart attack.<ref>See {{Harvnb|Deane|1999}} and these print media articles: {{cite news |title=New Details Are Reported on How Rockefeller Died |author=Robert C. McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/29/archives/new-details-are-reported-on-how-rockefeller-died-time-of-death.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 29, 1979 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |page=B4}}; {{cite news |title=Call to 911 for Stricken Rockefeller Did Not Identify Him, Tape Shows |author=Robert C. McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/30/archives/call-to-911-for-stricken-rockefeller-did-not-identify-him-tape.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1979 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |page=A13}}; {{cite news |title=Rockefeller's Attack Is Now Placed at 10:15, Hour Before Emergency Call |author=Robert C. McFadden|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/07/archives/rockefellers-attack-is-now-placed-at-1015-an-hour-before-911-call.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 7, 1979 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |page=1}}; {{cite news |title=Rockefeller Aide Did Not Make Call to 911; TV Personality, Friend of Megan Marshack, Phoned for Help |author=Robert D. McFadden|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/09/archives/rockefeller-aide-did-not-make-call-to-911-tv-personality-friend-of.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 9, 1979 |access-date=November 10, 2012|page=B3}}; and {{cite news |title=Marshack Friend Makes Statement on Rockefeller |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/11/archives/marshack-friend-makes-statement-on-rockefeller.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 11, 1979 |access-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref> Rockefeller's remains were [[cremated]] at [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] in nearby [[Hartsdale, New York]]. On January 29, 1979, family and close friends gathered to inter his ashes in the private Rockefeller family cemetery in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]].<ref>Francis X. Clines, "About Pocantico Hills: Advance Man Stays on the Job," ''The New York Times'', January 30, 1979.</ref> A memorial service was held at [[Riverside Church]] in [[Upper Manhattan]] on February 2; the service was attended by 2,200 people. Attendees included President [[Jimmy Carter]] and former Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/03/archives/memorial-expresses-rockefeller-spirit-kissinger-at-family-meeting.html|title=Memorial Expresses Rockefeller Spirit|first=Joseph P.|last=Fried|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 3, 1979}}</ref> | |||