Famous Last Days/months Of Historical Figures

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http://news.google.com/archivesearch

 

It's actually somewhat interesting to use this to track down the historical last days of various famous figures, such as Truman, Eisenhower, Tito, and Franco. You just need to type in their name and search around the period that they died. In many cases, their condition fluctuated many times before death. Sometimes, they seemed to almost amazingly recover from some brutal ailments.

 

And it's also interesting to read the news articles about them 2 years before they died. Herbert Hoover, for example, was described as being "in very good health for a man his age" when he was 88.

 

For example, with Truman, you can see this:

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=har...&lnav=hist2

 

With Eisenhower:

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=dwi...&lnav=hist9

 

Hoover:

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=her...&lnav=hist4