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==Later years== After his release, Daar spent the better part of his later years on his farm in [[Janale]], in southern Somalia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings10.2jun10,1,2048011.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california |title=Aden A. Osman, 99; first president of independent Somalia |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2007 |archive-date=10 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710144316/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-10-me-passings10.s2-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 22 May 2007, it was erroneously reported that he had died in a hospital in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. He was, however, in [[critical condition]] and on [[life support]]. Daar died in hospital on 8 June 2007, at the age of 98.<ref>Aweys Osman Yusuf, [http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220976.html "Somalia: First President Dies At the Age of 99"], Shabelle Media Network (allAfrica.com), 22 May 2007. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311103105/http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220976.html |date=11 March 2008 }}</ref><ref>Mohamed Abdi Farah, [http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/10580 "Somalia: Former president in coma (correction)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526054533/http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/10580 |date=26 May 2007}}, SomaliNet, 22 May 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/08/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia-Obit-Osman.php "Somalia's first president dies at age 98"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204230021/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/08/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia-Obit-Osman.php |date=4 December 2008}}, Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), 8 June 2007.</ref> The [[Transitional Federal Government]], then headed by former President of Somalia [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], declared 21 days of mourning, complete with a national memorial service, and issued a statement that Daar would receive a state funeral.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200706110196.html |title=Body of First President Arrives in Mogadishu |access-date=27 June 2007 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406113403/http://allafrica.com/stories/200706110196.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It also renamed Mogadishu International Airport to [[Aden Adde International Airport]] in his honor.
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