Was FDR of Sound Mind?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a stroke on April 12, 1945, shortly before the end of World War II. A new book, “FDR’s Deadly Secret,” makes a persuasive case that Roosevelt’s stroke was caused by a brain tumor that had metastasized from melanoma over his left eyebrow, which he and his doctors worked hard to cover up.
The authors suggest that Roosevelt was having seizures (which were reported by his Secret Service agents) and difficulty seeing the left margin of his written speeches — indicating an advanced brain tumor — by the time he attended the Yalta Conference with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in February, 1945.
There’s no way of knowing if Roosevelt could have prevented the Cold War if he had been at his fullest faculties.
Roosevelt May Have Had Brain Tumor When He Met Stalin (Bloomberg)
FDR’s Deadly Secret at Amazon.com
