Death and funeral of Donald Dewar (original) (raw)

On 11 October 2000, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar died, aged 63, while in office. Dewar's funeral took place on 18 October at the Glasgow Cathedral and his ashes were scattered at Lochgilphead in Argyll. The day before his death, Dewar was admitted to the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh after suffering a brain haemorrhage which resulted in his death.