“At 8:49 P.M., President Roosevelt died of natural causes at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia.” — Armed Forces Network, 12 April 1945
April 12, 1945 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in poor health for months and suffering from a severe lack of rest, took to his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia, for a short vacation.
Attempts to arrest his deteriorating health with Talent powers failed;the British Talent “Nightingale” was even brought into the country in May, with little effect.
Even on vacation, the president remained in constant contact with Washington, but tried at his wife’s request to take some time for himself.
At 8:49 P.M., Roosevelt’s personal adjutant Maj. Lloyd Feit (better known to the world as the British Talent Bulldog) went to fetch the President some aspirin for a “headache.” When he returned, he found the president dead of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
Vice President Harry Truman was sworn in as president immediately. The news spread around the globe, reaching even the front lines in just a matter of hours, and the world paused for a moment.
One of the guiding forces of the Allies, a man who held the presidency of the United States longer than any other, was dead at 63, just weeks before victory was achieved in Europe.