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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was still president when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945, at his summer cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia. He had been rumored to be in ill health for many months, at least since the presidential campaign of the previous year, but no one knew the true extent of his problems. He suffered from extremely high blood pressure and advanced arteriosclerosis.

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The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial occupies 7.5 acres in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. The monument, as originally conceived, had four outdoor gallery rooms containing statuary, inscriptions, waterfalls and thousands of plants, shrubs, and trees. None of the sculptures of Roosevelt depicted him as disabled. It was argued that during his lifetime Roosevelt always tried to hide his disability.

After organizations representing disabled Americans...

Presidential Biographies | Franklin D. Roosevelt Administrations - Post-presidential Years

Post-presidential Years

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