Death and Funeral
Two days before his death, he had felt ill and asked his doctor Filnger from Austria to examine him. In the morning, Saud bin Abdulaziz took a short walk on a beach with his daughter Nozhah, near Hotel Kavouri where he used to reside. His physician arrived after he had died in Athens, Greece on 24 January 1969, after suffering a heart attack in his sleep. His body was taken to Makkah where the funeral prayer was performed in the Grand Mosque. His body was then brought to Riyadh where he was buried in Al Oud cemetery.
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