Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera

**Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera**
	Clockwise from top, top to bottom, left to right : President Boric, former Presidents Ruiz-Tagle and Bachelet, and Senate President Coloma stands beside Piñera's coffin during the lying in state in La Moneda Palace; Members of La Moneda Palace Guard carrying Piñera's coffin out of the building after lying in state to proceed to Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral; Funeral mass for Piñera in Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral; The scene at La Moneda, where Piñera was given lying in state ceremony, before his coffin headed to Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral; President Boric gives his last respect to Piñera as the latter headed to Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral for the funeral mass;
Date	6 February 2024 (date of death); 9 February 2024 (date of state funeral);
Location	Lake Ranco, Los Ríos Region (death); Former National Congress of Chile building, Santiago (wake); Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral (funeral mass);
Type	Death and state funeral
Cause	Helicopter crash
Organised by	Government of Chile (state funeral)

On 6 February 2024, the Chilean government confirmed the death of former president Sebastián Piñera at the age of 74. He died in a helicopter accident while on vacation in the commune of Lago Ranco, located in the southern Chilean region of Los Ríos. The helicopter crashed about 40 metres (130 ft) from the southern shore of Lake Ranco at Ilihue, east of Lago Ranco.

Later that evening, President Gabriel Boric, in an address from La Moneda, announced three days of national mourning and declared that Piñera would receive a state funeral.

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