Medical experts said that only phenomenal tenacity and spirit of life could enable a man of 90 to hold off death so long in these circumstances.īut then those were the qualities that had made Winston Churchill a historical figure in his lifetime. The last authentic giant of world politics in the 20th century was going down.įor nine days the struggle went on. 15, when it was announced that Sir Winston had suffered a stroke. The world had been watching and waiting since Jan. "He is now at peace after a life in which he created history and which will be remembered as long as history is read." "Sir Winston will be mourned all over the world by all who owe so much to him," Mr. Prime Minister Wilson immediately paid tribute to his illustrious predecessor in office. Leadership, his vision, and his indomitable courage." "The whole world is the poorer by the loss of his many-sided genius while the survival of this country and the sister nations of the Commonwealth, in the face of the greatest danger that has ever threatened them, will be a perpetual memorial to his Queen Elizabeth II sent the following message to Lady Churchill: Other survivors are 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, the last born just two days ago. Christopher Soames, also survives Sir Winston. Also there at the end were Lady Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, and Randolph's son, Winston.Īnother daughter, Mary, Mrs. A few minutes earlier Sir Winston's son, Randolph, had driven up. Lord Moran had come to the house at 7:18. A reporter for the Press Association read Lord Moran's statement to them. (3:35 A.M., New York time).Ībout 30 members of the press were standing in the rain at the entrance to Hyde Park Gate, the small street south of Kensington Gardens where Sir Winston had lived for so long. The announcement by Lord Moran was read to reporters near the Churchill home at 8:35 A.M. "Shortly after 8 A.M., Sir Winston died at his home." His old friend and physician, Lord Moran, gave the news to the world after informing Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The great figure who embodied man's will to resist tyranny passed into history this morning. JanuOBITUARY Churchill Dies at 90 At Home in London By ANTHONY LEWIS Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Resources
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