Shimon Peres died on September 28th, 2016 from a massive stroke. He died in the Sheba Medical Center and he was 93 years old. Peres was Prime Minister of Israel and a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was buried at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl national cemetery. Important people such as President Obama, President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attended the funeral.  This is important because he was a person who believed in peace and acted on his beliefs.