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regnaD kciN

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7. IMHO, it's a bit of a false distinction...

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 04:24 AM

Oct 2020

...to say that someone didn't die of an "illness" because they had a heart attack. Isn't heart disease an illness? Anyway, the usual distinction is death by natural causes versus unnatural ones like assassinations or, say, automobile accidents or plane crashes. By that standard, FDR was the last to die in office from natural causes.

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The last president to die in office of illness was Zach Taylor in 1850. [View all] Renew Deal Oct 2020 OP

What about FDR...? regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #1

Heart stopped Renew Deal Oct 2020 #2

IMHO, it's a bit of a false distinction... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #7

FDR had a massive stroke brought on by severe hypertension (which he knew about in 1944), so, yeah Spider Jerusalem Oct 2020 #6

Wilson. hedda_foil Oct 2020 #3

Harding hedda_foil Oct 2020 #4

"sudden heart attack" Renew Deal Oct 2020 #8

Harding Retrograde Oct 2020 #5