This is what it was like to live under the USSR and get your news from Pravda.
In the 1980s, there were several leaders who were visibly sick and died shortly thereafter.
But Pravda would be right there in full defense of the party, telling people that the appearance was nothing of concern and thatthe leader was in full command of his mind and body, leading the nation in its greatness.
Of course, a few days later, the leader would be revealed as dead.
Yeah and that is a really sad State of affairs.
Full employment and record harvest, as the unemployed stood in breadlines.
When FDR returned from Yalta, he was clearly on his last legs. When he addressed Congress to report on the conference, for the first time he delivered his speech sitting down. Yet the nation was shocked when he died two months later. That’s the real story of the press covering up FDR’s health. I suppose the coverup was justified as a war measure.
One of those curious quirks or coincidences of history—Hitler’s rule over Germany and FDR’s Presidency coincide within a matter of weeks.
“In the 1980s, there were several leaders who were visibly sick and died shortly thereafter.”
Brezhnev (1982), Andropov (1984), and Chernenko (1985), in rather rapid succession.