Following continued and perpetuating turmoil ever since his divorce from Helen,<ref name=strangepoliticalnature/> Knowland was found dead in late February 1974 in what appeared to be a [[suicide]] by gunshot,<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> which was soon confirmed by an autopsy.<ref name=autopsyreport/> Then-Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] stated: | Following continued and perpetuating turmoil ever since his divorce from Helen,<ref name=strangepoliticalnature/> Knowland was found dead in late February 1974 in what appeared to be a [[suicide]] by gunshot,<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> which was soon confirmed by an autopsy.<ref name=autopsyreport/> Then-Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] stated: |