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The strokes that killed Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.
Abstract From February 4 to 11, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met near Yalta in Crimea to discuss how post-World War II (WWII) Europe should be organized. Within 2 decades of this conference, all 3 men had died. President Roosevelt died 2 months after the Yalta Conference due to a hemorrhagic stroke. Premier Stalin died 8 years later, also due to a hemorrhagic stroke. Finally, Prime Minister Churchill died 20 years after the conference because of complications due to stroke. At the time of Yalta, these 3 ...
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - June 30, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ali R, Connolly ID, Li A, Choudhri OA, Pendharkar AV, Steinberg GK Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research