Gerald Ford died of heart failure at the age of 93 years and 165 days on December 26, 2006, at his home in Rancho Mirage, CA. He suffered from arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.
Born Leslie King Jr. on July 14, 1913, he was the oldest ever ex-president when he died. He remains the longest-lived US president, as Ronald Reagan died at a slightly younger age (45 days younger) in 2004.
Henry Ford was never president
Gerald Ford. He was appointed Vice president by President Richard Nixon when the elected Vice president, Spiro Agnew, resigned. Then Ford became President by succeeding to the office when President Nixon resigned from office.
President Gerald Ford held the office of the presidency for 2.42 years.
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the first vice-president to become president after a resignation.
Ford was appointed VP by Nixon. When Nixon resigned, Ford became president.
Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006.
Rancho Mirage, California
Gerald Ford died December 26, 2006. He is the only ex-president to die after 2005.
President Ford Was a Republican
Former President of the United States Gerald R. Ford died on December 26 , 2006 . He was 93 years of age
James Madison is the only president to die on June 28.
he died at hid home from heart failure and emphysema and he was a know smoker.
Henry Ford was never president
Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States, and died of natural causes (primarily arteriosclerosis) at the age of 93 in 2006. At the time, he had lived longer than any other US president.
Gerald Ford
Gerald R. Ford. Ford was selected and confirmed as the vice President on December 6, 1973, while he was a US Congressman, after the resignation of Vice president Spiro T. Agnew. Ford then became President on August 9, 1974 with the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.(Ford ran for reelection but was defeated by Jimmy Carter in 1976, so he was never elected President or vice president.)
President Gerald R. Ford was a lifelong Republican.