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(President Elpidio Quirino receives military honors for the last time, accompanied by President-elect Ramon Magsaysay. After the honors,President Quirino departed to his rest house in Novaliches, while President-elect Magsaysay ascended the platform for his oath-taking)
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President Ramon Magsaysay, Quirino's successor, issued the following statement:
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I am deeply shocked by the death of former President Quirino. I join the Filipino people in paying tribute to a leader who dedicated all his life to the service of his country. President Quirino participated in many of the developments which marked our progress to democratic maturity and independence, and it was natural that he was finally rewarded with the highest office within the gift of his countrymen,-the Presidency. In this office, President Quirino labored earnestly and courageously to lift the country from the ruins and prostration of the last war. The achievements in reconstruction and rehabilitation realized in his time continue to draw to this day the grateful appreciation of our people and the admiration of the whole world. Our people have lost a leader and I have lost one who never ceased to he a friend and sincere counselor. A kind Providence designed that we should meet and share some pleasant moments only a few days before he was to pass away, and I shall always cherish the memory of that visit. I know that a grateful people joins me in prayers for the eternal repose of his soul".
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President Quirino was buried at Manila South Cemetery in Makati.
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Source:
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American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Volume XXXII, Number 3, March 1956
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Photo credit:  Philippine Presidential Museum and Library
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February 29, 1956: President Quirino died of heart attack