Franklin D. Roosevelt: Difference between revisions

On March&nbsp;29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the [[Little White House]] at [[Warm Springs, Georgia]], to rest before his anticipated appearance at the founding conference of the [[United Nations]]. On the afternoon of April&nbsp;12, Roosevelt said, "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." He then slumped forward in his chair, unconscious, and was carried into his bedroom. The president's attending cardiologist, Dr. Howard Bruenn, diagnosed a massive [[cerebral hemorrhage]] (stroke).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=605 |title= Presidential Stroke: United States Presidents and Cerebrovascular Disease (Franklin D. Roosevelt) |first1=Jeffrey M.| last1= Jones| first2= Joni L PhD, RN | last2 = Jones|work=Journal CMEs|publisher=CNS Spectrums (The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine) |accessdate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> In 1979, reports surfaced that Dr. Frank Leahy of the [[Leahy Clinic]] had told Roosevelt that he had a cancer, possibly [[melanoma]], which had metastisized to his [[GI tract]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UsrAz-IbNTIC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=frank+leahy+roosevelt&source=bl&ots=2q_rJuu9iM&sig=YTzyWTaHvgMHXB_BISVHoYbzfuE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eKGkVLLyGImcoQTfgILYDA&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=frank%20leahy%20roosevelt&f=false Robert E. Gilbert, ''The Mortal Presidency'' (1996), p. 72]</ref>

At 3:35&nbsp;p.m. that day, Roosevelt died. As [[Allen Drury]] later said, “so ended an era, and so began another.” After Roosevelt's death, an editorial by ''The New York Times'' declared, "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House".<ref>{{cite news | title = Person of the Century Runner-Up: Franklin Delano Roosevelt | work = Time | url = http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/magazine/franklin_delano_rooseve9a.html | accessdate = October 9, 2008 |date=March 1, 2000 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20000601090659/http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/magazine/franklin_delano_rooseve9a.html |archivedate=June 1, 2000}}</ref>