Stroke Expert: 10 Of The Nation’s 43 Presidents Have Suffered Strokes

Ten of the nation’s 43 presidents likely suffered strokes during their presidencies or after leaving office, according to Loyola University Hospital neurologist Dr. Jose Biller.Woodrow Wilson was so incapacitated by a series of strokes that his wife, Edith, became the virtual acting president. Franklin Roosevelt died of a massive stroke on April 12, 1945, leaving the presidency to an unprepared Harry Truman just as World War II was ending.

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Filed under: Stroke on May 22nd, 2008