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It was possible to say goodbye to a well-known diplomat in the church of St. Casimir, after St. The urn of the mass was taken out and buried in the Antakalnis cemetery on the Artists’ Hill.
Most recently, E. Bagdon served as Lithuanian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates. He arrived in the country after a hiatus of just a few months as ambassador to Israel.
Doctors in this country have helped him fight insidious cancer for years.
When someone asked about E. Bagdon’s health, the ambassador, with his characteristic humor, replied that he would be completely overwhelmed because he had received a blood transfusion from an Israeli soldier, when he had blood cancer seven years ago. And the diplomat fought.
Without complaining or revealing unexpected health problems. He tried to always look flawless, and if the ailments were betrayed by a changed exterior, he knew how to berate him diplomatically, even though another cancer had attacked him at the time.
But in February this year, when he could no longer suffer the pain, he was repatriated from the United Arab Emirates to Lithuania on a special medical plane and finished his diplomatic career in Vilnius. Where it started E. Bagdon was called a diplomat with an absolute audience.
Outgoing President Valdas Adamkus responded with extremely sensitive words about the ambassador: “After the departure of diplomat E. Bagdon, I lost not only a sincere adviser, but also a close friend.”
