In 1994, he hosted a Victory Day ceremony at the school.[9] During the ceremony, he noted that many of its staff, "are graduates of this high school" and that he feels "very happy when they say that they saw me and heard my advice in this school".[9] On April 21, 2003 he collapsed on the stage due to severe drop in blood pressure while addressing the graduates of the lyceum on the occasion of anniversary of the school.[10] Aliyev died a few months later.