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Hoover dies at 90 former president known as grave old man
Herbert Hoover former 31st president died at 11:35 a.m. EDT at the Waldorf Towers age 90. His sons Herbert Jr and Allan were present as doctors described massive internal bleeding and toxin buildup. He prepared to endorse Barry Goldwater before his death. He will lie in state at St Bartholomew’s and then in Washington before burial in West Branch Iowa. Flags half staff worldwide and a half hour gun salute marked the national mourning.
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