"What Actually Killed George Washington?" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 18 Sep 2023 7:48 p.m. PST |
…This may be the greatest unsolved mystery of them all: What actually killed George Washington, the United States' first president and a Revolutionary War hero?… Military: link |
| Greylegion | 19 Sep 2023 5:01 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink  | 19 Sep 2023 8:44 a.m. PST |
I'd have said being 67, having lived a rough life and living in the 18th Century would about do it. His half-brother Lawrence died at 34. His cousin William just made 68. Daniel Morgan died at 67. Steuben was 64. Nathaniel Greene was still in his 40's. We can't all be Benjamin Franklin. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 19 Sep 2023 10:16 a.m. PST |
George was another case of "death by expert medical treatment," a remarkably common cause that is still widely practiced. TVAG |
| robert piepenbrink | 19 Sep 2023 12:46 p.m. PST |
TVAG's right, of course. He might have survived a single doctor, but not a committee of them at his age. |
 piper909 | 19 Sep 2023 4:08 p.m. PST |
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 Yellow Admiral | 19 Sep 2023 5:46 p.m. PST |
George Washington is still alive, and hiding in Mexico. |
| Stryderg | 19 Sep 2023 6:55 p.m. PST |
Argentina, not Mexico. Along with Hitler and Elvis.
(On a side note, "Boys from Brazil" was a pretty good movie last time I watched it.) |
| piper909 | 19 Sep 2023 8:12 p.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure it wasn't Oswald. Or Lord North. |
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