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==Death== By the late 1990s, al-Assad increasingly suffered from ill health. American diplomats said that he found it difficult to remain focused and projected weariness during their meetings. It was speculated that al-Assad was incapable of functioning for more than 2 hours a day. However, his spokesperson didn't respond to these speculations and al-Assad's official routine in 1999 had no significant change from that of the previous decade. He continued to have meetings and traveled abroad occasionally; most notably, he visited Moscow in July 1999. al-Assad's government was accustomed to working without his direct involvement in day-to-day affairs. On June 10, 2000, at the age of 69, al-Assad died from a heart attack he suffered while speaking on the telephone with Lebanese prime minister [[Salim al-Hoss]]. His funeral was held 3 days later. al-Assad is buried with his son [[Bassel al-Assad|Bassel]] in a mausoleum in his hometown of Qardaha. [[Category:Leader]] [[Category:Military]] [[Category:Deceased]] [[Category:Wealthy]] [[Category:Arrogant]] [[Category:Political]] [[Category:Extravagant]] [[Category:List]] [[Category:Murderer]] [[Category:Fanatics]] [[Category:Hegemony]] [[Category:Mentally Ill]] [[Category:Sadists]] [[Category:Corrupt Officials]] [[Category:Modern Villains]] [[Category:Cold war villains]] [[Category:Lawful Evil]] [[Category:Presidents]] [[Category:Xenophobes]] [[Category:Karma Houdini]] [[Category:Paranoid]] [[Category:Charismatic]] [[Category:Tyrants]] [[Category:Power Hungry]] [[Category:Oppressors]] [[Category:Mongers]] [[Category:Greedy]] [[Category:Fallen Heroes]] [[Category:Evil vs. Evil]] [[Category:War Criminal]] [[Category:Successful]] [[Category:Usurper]] [[Category:On & Off Villains]] [[Category:Control Freaks]] [[Category:Affably Evil]] [[Category:Jingoists]] [[Category:Aristocrat]] [[Category:Islam]] [[Category:Middle Eastern Villains]] [[Category:Egotist]] [[Category:God Wannabe]] [[Category:Failure-Intolerant]] [[Category:Anti-Semitic]] [[Category:Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Torturer]] [[Category:Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Villains]] [[Category:Anti-LGBT]] [[Category:Syria]] [[Category:Iconoclasts]] [[Category:Communist]] [[Category:Ableist]] [[Category:Male]]
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