Editing Walter Scheel (section)

==Death==
Scheel died on 24 August 2016 following a long illness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Früherer Bundespräsident (1974-1979): Walter Scheel ist tot|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/walter-scheel-ist-tot-a-1109294.html|access-date=24 August 2016|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ehemaliger Bundespräsident Walter Scheel ist tot|url=http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2016-08/ehemaliger-bundespraesident-walter-scheel-ist-tot|access-date=24 August 2016|work=Die Zeit|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/world/europe/walter-scheel-west-germany-obituary.html |title=Walter Scheel, Leading Figure in West German Thaw With the East, Dies at 97 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> Having lived to {{Age in years and days|1919|07|08|2016|08|24|mf=y}} he holds the record as the longest-lived German head of state, either imperial or elected.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}