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| predecessor1 = [[Thomas K. Turnage|Thomas Turnage]]
| successor1 = Position abolished
| office2 = 8th [[Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs|
| president2 = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start2 = March 24, 1987
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Derwinski died in a nursing home from [[Merkel cell carcinoma]], on January 15, 2012, at age 85.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/edward-j-derwinski-first-secretary-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-dies/2012/01/18/gIQA5IlL9P_story.html|title=Edward J. Derwinski, first secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, dies|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> Derwinski was buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]].
On learning of his death, former United States Senator [[Peter Fitzgerald (politician)|Peter Fitzgerald]] (R-IL) described Derwinski as
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