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Presidents and their long history of being secretive or deceptive on their health


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The article from WGME discusses the historical tendency of U.S. Presidents to be secretive or deceptive about their health, highlighting several notable instances. It begins with President Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery in 1893, conducted on a yacht to avoid public knowledge during an economic crisis. The article then covers President Woodrow Wilson's stroke in 1919, which was concealed from the public, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's hidden struggle with high blood pressure and heart disease before his death in 1945. More recent examples include President Dwight D. Eisenhower's heart attack in 1955, which was downplayed, and President John F. Kennedy's chronic health issues, including Addison's disease, which were kept secret during his presidency. The piece also touches on the varying levels of transparency in more recent presidencies, such as those of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Donald Trump, noting the public's growing expectation for more openness about presidential health.

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