Harry S. Truman: Difference between revisions

[[File:TrumanFuneralWreath.jpg|thumb|Wreath by Truman's casket, December 27, 1972]]

[[File:Harry S. and Bess Truman graves July 2007.jpg|thumb|Graves of Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman in Independence, Missouri.]]

 

On December 5, 1972, Truman was admitted to Kansas City's [[Research Medical Center|Research Hospital and Medical Center]] with [[pneumonia]]. He developed [[Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome|multiple organ failure]], fell into a coma, and died at 7:50&nbsp;a.m. on December 26, at the age of 88.<ref name="CBSRadioNews1972">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ej-jLWxg-4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/4Ej-jLWxg-4| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=6:00 p.m.|work=CBS Radio News|publisher=CBS|access-date=December 27, 2017|date=December 25, 1972|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{sfn|Truman Library|2012i}}