He died after being in a 9 hour coma, because of the fatal damage the wound caused.
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Roughly 11 hours, though he became unconscious the instant he was shot, and never regained consciousness.
Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865 at the age of 56. He died in a house across the street from Ford's Theater in Washington DC where he was taken after being shot during a play the night before.
He was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington DC, and taken across the street, to a boarding house (Petersen's House). where he died, approximately 9 hours later.
No, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Booth at Ford's Theater.
Shot from behind in his box at the theatre by actor John Wilkes Booth, who waited till the audience was laughing at a joke in the play, to cover the noise of the shot.