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== Death ==

== Death ==

Mr. Harding's death was most unexpected and sudden although Mr. Harding did not eat well or exercise, and suffered from high blood pressure. While wild speculation and many books have been written about the subject, most of the evidence suggest he either died of natural causes or the negligent practices of his doctor who subscribed to a form or homeopathic herbal medicine.  <ref>http://american-presidents.blogspot.com/search/label/Warren%20G.%20Harding</ref>

The death of President Warren Harding is one of those enduring mysteries that will probably never be solved.  

 

Shaken by the talk of corruption among the friends he had appointed to office, Warren and Florence Harding began a tour on June 20, 1923 of the West and Alaska. He hoped to get out and meet people, to shake hands and explain his policies. Although suffering from high blood pressure and an enlarged heart, he seemed to enjoy himself and the food -- especially the seafood in Alaska. On his return journey, he became ill with what was then attributed to food poisoning. The Presidential train rushed to [[San Francisco]], where his condition worsened. He developed pneumonia, and complicated by his heart ailment, died suddenly on August 23, he suffered a [[heart attack]] in the evening, while his wife was reading to him. He died quietly and instantaneously.

 

Wild speculation spread when Mrs. Harding refused (on the advice of their Doctor) to allow an autopsy. [[California]], where Harding's death took place, did not yet have a mandatory autopsy law. Several rumors started. One said that Harding, already depressed and facing impeachment, committed suicide. Another said that Mrs. Harding poisoned him, to prevent him from suffering the humiliation of impeachment and removal from office, or possibly as revenge for his cheating on her. A sensationalist book published in 1930 detailed the allegations against her.  Harding left the bulk of his estate, valued at $850,000, to his wife.   

[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=a2012900-h][http://www.suite.com/article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/47901/3]

== Trivia ==

== Trivia ==