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Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Deaths in the White House

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.915.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, let’s take a brief look at the history of some past presidential deaths–how they happened and what happened after. How has the U.S. government responded to the death of our nation’s leaders? Some of the traditions may surprise you. Do you know which president’s death revolutionized the funeral and embalming industry?

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome. I am so glad you're here with me for another episode. Here's where

0:09.6

it gets interesting. Last time we talked a bit about the death of former president William

0:14.7

Henry Harrison, who caught pneumonia shortly after he gave his two-hour inauguration speech

0:20.6

in the cold while refusing to wear coat. And then he passed away a month later, which

0:25.8

gave him the distinction of becoming the first president to die while in office. But he

0:31.2

was certainly not the only one to be an early end. So let's take a brief look at the

0:38.2

history of some past presidential deaths, how they happened, and what happened afterward.

0:44.6

How has the US government responded to the death of our nation's leaders? I'm Sharon

0:50.7

Mick Bans, and here's where it gets interesting. Hey everyone, it's Adrian here, host of the

1:02.0

Power Hour podcast with an important message. Sickle Cell is the fastest growing genetic

1:07.4

disease in the UK, and with more donations needed than ever before we urgently need

1:12.6

people of black African, black Caribbean, and mixed ethnicity to give blood this year,

1:17.8

to give patients the life-enhancing and life-saving treatments that they need. Strength can

1:23.1

be found in communities coming together just like a family, and that's why black communities

1:29.0

have the unifying power to treat sickle cell and help friends and neighbours who are living

1:33.6

with the condition. Not family, but blood. Giving blood is quick and easy, just one hour

1:39.9

of your time could help save up to three lives. The power to treat sickle cell is in our

1:45.5

blood. Just that, give blood. In addition to William Henry Harrison, three other US presidents

1:56.4

died from an illness or complications from a disease while in office. Zachary Taylor,

2:02.6

Warren G. Harding, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Taylor had a gastrointestinal illness that resulted

2:10.5

in a quick passing. Harding suffered from a heart attack, and Roosevelt from a cerebral

2:16.5

hemorrhage while he sat for a portrait painting in warm springs, Georgia. But four more

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