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The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days. [ c ] John F. Kennedy , assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk , who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 49 people have served as Vice President of the United States. Of these, 43 have died. The state with the most vice-presidential burial sites is New York with 10. Fifteen people have served as both president and as vice president.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈ ɒ p ən h aɪ m ər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States . Born in the Bronx to German immigrants, Trump began working in home construction and sales in the 1920s before heading the real-estate business ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The oldest president at the end of his tenure was Ronald Reagan at 77; when Joe Biden (currently at age 81) leaves office, this distinction will fall upon him. [2] [3] James K. Polk had the shortest retirement of any president, dying of cholera only 103 days after leaving office, at the age of 53 (the youngest president to die of natural causes ...
David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. Dinkins was among the more than 20,000 Montford Point Marines, the first African-American U.S. Marines, from 1945 to 1946. [ 1]
Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in August 2024) and then linked here.