COOLIDGE SUFFERS FATAL HEART ATTACK
Northampton, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On January 5, 1933, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, passed away at his home, The Beeches*, here in Northampton.
Amity Shlaes describes the day...
"Grace...found him in his dressing room, he was already gone. He had been shaving, just as he had been the first time she saw him. He had removed his jacket. She could see from where Coolidge lay on the floor that it had all come over him suddenly."
The medical examiner, Dr. Edward Brown, ruled the cause of death to be a heart attack. Mr. Coolidge was the only living former POTUS at the time of his death. He was 60 years old.**
The body remained at the President's home until the day of the funeral service at Edwards Congregational Church on January 7th. The remains were transported by automobile after the service to Plymouth, Vermont for burial.
*The Beeches is a 6 bedroom home located on 15 acres of land with panoramic views of the Holyoke Mountain range. President & Mrs. Coolidge lived in the home from 1930 to 1933. The estate was sold for $520,000 in 1987.
**CC had been generally in good health since becoming POTUS in 1923. He did suffer from an occasional bout with hay fever which some believe may have weakened his heart.
SOURCES
"Coolidge," by Amity Shlaes, Harper, New York, 2013.
"Former home of Calvin Coolidge is sold", June 24, 1987, UPI, www.upi.com/
"The Death of Calvin Coolidge", The Robinson Library, www.robinsonlibrary.com/
Grace and Calvin Coolidge, 1918
