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Just before midnight on January 20, 1936, King George V died at Sandringham, in Norfolk, England. His health had gradually declined over the previous few months because of a chronic lung issue that had first appeared in 1928.
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George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, died at Sandringham House in Norfolk on 20 January 1936, at the age of 70. He was succeeded by the eldest son, Edward VIII, who abdicated that year.
As he lay comatose on his deathbed in 1936, King George V was injected with fatal doses of morphine and cocaine to assure him a painless death in time, according to his physician's...
George V died in 1936 after being injected with a mixture of cocaine and morphine by the royal physician while gravely sick. He had fallen seriously ill in 1928 and was forced to be extremely careful of his health for the rest of his reign.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- George V, in full George Frederick Ernest Albert, was king of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936. He was the second son of Prince Albert Edward,...
- George V became heir to the throne when his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, died in 1892. He succeeded his father in 1910 and was crowned on J...
- George V was succeeded by his son Edward VIII. Edward VIII was king for less than a year before abdicating in order to marry American divorcée Wall...
Apr 2, 2014 · On May 6, 1910, Edward VII died. George became king and immediately faced a constitutional crisis, known as the budget controversy of 1910. In an unprecedented move, Tories in the House of Lords...
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An article from 1986 that describes the final days and the public impact of King George V's death in 1936. It mentions his previous health crisis in 1928 and the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1935.
