Buddy Cianci
Illness and death
### Illness and death

In January 2014, Cianci was diagnosed with colon cancer.

Cianci died on January 28, 2016, at the age of 74\. He had been taken to the hospital the previous day after experiencing abdominal pain while filming his television show, *On the Record with Buddy Cianci*, at the [WLNE\-TV](/wiki/WLNE-TV "WLNE-TV") studio.

Thousands of people viewed Cianci's open casket as his body lay in state for two days in [Providence City Hall](/wiki/Providence_City_Hall "Providence City Hall"), the first mayor to be so honored since [Thomas Doyle](/wiki/Thomas_A._Doyle_%28mayor%29 "Thomas A. Doyle (mayor)") in 1886\. A horse\-drawn carriage carried his casket through the city during a snowstorm on February 8, as it made its way to the [Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul](/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_%28Providence%2C_Rhode_Island%29 "Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul (Providence, Rhode Island)") where Roman Catholic Bishop [Thomas Joseph Tobin](/wiki/Thomas_Joseph_Tobin "Thomas Joseph Tobin") presided over a funeral mass. The funeral procession then passed through [Olneyville](/wiki/Olneyville "Olneyville") and Silver Lake, where Cianci grew up, ending at St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston for a private burial next to his parents and daughter, Nicole.


Who carried his casket through the city during a snowstorm?