President Roosevelt sent a letter of condolence to their parents. Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter of condolence to her family. Mikoyan laid a wreath and sent a letter of condolence at Khrushchev's funeral in 1971. His widow received a personal letter of condolence from President George W. Bush. After her husband's death, Olave received thousands of letters of condolence. Caesar and Brutus as well as Servius Sulpicius Rufus sent him letters of condolence. Charles de Gaulle wrote him a personal letter of condolence in French. It also includes some of the hundreds of condolence letters that Kopechne's parents received. Attendees left flowers, letters of condolence, and personal items at the front doors. State and local leaders responded to the shootings with messages of condolence. Many of the condolence messages included support for Abbott. After his obituary ran online, a condolence book was posted. Upon receiving news of his death, numerous politicians released statements of condolence. Roh issued two messages of condolence already on 17 April 2007. Marcus Aurelius asked Fronto to write Herodes a note of condolence.