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==Retirement and death== After leaving the Senate, MacEachen retired to Nova Scotia spending the rest of his life at his house on [[Lake Ainslie]] in [[Inverness, Nova Scotia|Inverness County]], [[Cape Breton]] and in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/allan-maceachen-former-federal-liberal-cabinet-minister-dies-at-age-96/article36242416/ |title=Allan MacEachen, former federal Liberal cabinet minister, dies at age 96 |work=The Globe and Mail |last=Tutton |first=Michael |agency=The Canadian Press |date=September 13, 2017 |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> In 2006, MacEachen endorsed [[Bob Rae]]'s candidacy to [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|lead the Liberal Party]], and was appointed honorary campaign chair of Rae's campaign.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1147428614862&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929171630/http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1147428614862&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News%2FNews |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> MacEachen died at the age of 96 on September 12, 2017, at St. Martha's Hospital in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Nova Scotia politician Allan J. MacEachen dead at 96 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/allan-maceachen-former-federal-liberal-cabinet-minister-dies-1.4286949 |work=CBC News |last=McMillan |first=Elizabeth |date=September 13, 2017 |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former federal Liberal cabinet minister Allan MacEachen dies at age 96 |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/former-federal-liberal-cabinet-minister-allan-maceachen-dies-at-age-96 |work=National Post |agency=The Canadian Press |date=September 13, 2017 |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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