In his last days he was visited by vice president Julio Cobos and monsignor Justo Laguna, who gave him the Anointing of the Sick.

[3] The president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was out of the country and phoned several times; Ricardo Alfonsín called her at 17:00 and informed her of his father's health.

[6] When the first news of the death of Alfonsín were released, the vicinity of his house at the Santa Fe avenue was filled by hundreds of people, who started a Candlelight vigil.

His widow, former First Lady of Argentina María Lorenza Barreneche, was unable to attend her husband's public state funeral due to her own declining health.

[12] The event was attended by the former presidents Carlos Menem, Fernando de la Rúa, Eduardo Duhalde and Néstor Kirchner, all the members of the Supreme Court of Argentina, mayor Mauricio Macri, governor Daniel Scioli, the president of Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez and several other politicians.

[19] He also wrote an editorial for the La Nación newspaper, titled "Un viejo adversario saluda a un amigo" (Spanish: An old adversary salutes a friend), mirroring the famous quotation of the radical leader Ricardo Balbín during the funeral of Perón.

[19] He also received condolences of José Sarney, Patricio Aylwin and Julio María Sanguinetti, contemporary presidents of Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

[22] The governments of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United States and Uruguay also sent messages of condolences.

[23] Ricardo López Murphy, minister of economy of president Fernando de la Rúa, said that Alfonsín was "the man who fought for our democracy and the strengthening of institutions, during a time of conflicts and polarizations that our society was merged into".

[24] Cristian Ritondo, legislator of the Republican Proposal, said that "Alfonsín was the main actor of the return of democracy to Argentina.

[25] Julio César Strassera, judge of the trial of the juntas, hoped that Alfonsín would be remembered as a great democrat.