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Health of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Great Britain · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1941–1955Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillDecember 1941

Science / Medicine

Churchill has a heart attack just after the US enters the war, it is kept a secret

1949

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1949

Science / Medicine

Churchill suffers from a major stroke

1952

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillFebruary 1952

Science / Medicine

Churchill has a small arterial spasm

1953

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill23 June 1953

Science / Medicine

Suffers a stroke & for a few days his life is in the balance. Spends the next 3 months in convalescence

1955

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill5 April 1955

London · Science / Medicine

Resigns due to ill health

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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