5 accounts..."U Thant died of cancer in hospital in New York on November 25,1974. His body lay in state at the United Nations in Manhattan on Nov.27 and 28..It was then taken to a funeral home until the next day when it was taken to the airport for the long flight home to Rangoon in Burma. His wife remained behind at their home in New York. His daughter and son-in-law accompanied the coffin. While he was alive, the military government in Burma headed by General Ne Win had refused to validate U Thant?s Burmese passport; his daughter and son-in-law now travelled to Burma on Certificates of Identity, not Burmese passports. They arrived in Rangoon on December 1,1974. There was no official reception by the military government of Burma or General Ne Win..."