Lyndon B. Johnson

==Death and funeral==
[[File:Lyndon Baines Johnson grave cropped.jpeg|thumb|Johnson's grave]]
Johnson recorded an hour-long television interview with newsman [[Walter Cronkite]] at his ranch on January 12, 1973, in which he discussed his legacy, particularly about the civil rights movement. He was still smoking heavily, and told Cronkite that it was better for his heart "to smoke than to be nervous".<ref>{{cite news |title=In His Final Days, LBJ Agonized Over His Legacy |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/lbjs-last-interview |access-date=April 25, 2019 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=December 4, 2012 }}</ref>

Ten days later, at approximately 3:39&nbsp;p.m. Central Time on January 22, 1973, Johnson suffered his final heart attack in his bedroom. During his attack, he managed to telephone the Secret Service agents on the ranch, who found him still holding the telephone receiver, unconscious and "appear[ing] to be dead".<ref name = AP>{{cite news |title=Lyndon Johnson, 36th President is Dead |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/04/12/specials/johnson-obit.html?scp=36&sq=Dead%2520presidents&st=cse |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |date=January 23, 1973}}</ref> They attempted resuscitation, and Johnson was airlifted in one of his planes to [[San Antonio International Airport]], en route to [[Brooke Army Medical Center]]. However, [[cardiologist]] and [[Army colonel]] George McGranahan pronounced him [[dead on arrival]] at the airport at 4:33&nbsp;p.m. Johnson was 64.<ref name = AP/>

Shortly after the former president was pronounced dead, Johnson's press secretary [[Tom Johnson (journalist)|Tom Johnson]] (no relation) telephoned Cronkite to tell him. Cronkite was anchoring ''[[The CBS Evening News]]'' live at the moment Johnson reached him, which enabled him to report on President Johnson's death as he received direct information.<ref>{{YouTube|id=j9mCcfN9iRk|title=Death of LBJ as it broke}}</ref> Nixon mentioned Johnson's death in a speech he gave the day after Johnson died, announcing the peace agreement to end the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Johnson lies in state at Capitol; burial is today at Texas ranch |first=Charles |last=Claffey |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=January 25, 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rusk|first=Dean|editor1-first=Richard|editor1-last=Rusk|editor2-first=Daniel S.|editor2-last=Papp|title=As I Saw It|year=1990|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|isbn=0-393-02650-7|location=New York|authorlink=Dean Rusk}}</ref>

After [[lying in repose]] at his presidential library, Johnson was honored with a [[State funerals in the United States|state funeral]]. Texas Congressman [[J. J. Pickle]] and former Secretary of State [[Dean Rusk]] [[eulogized]] him when he [[Lying in state#United States|lay in state]] at the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Capitol">{{cite news |last=Foley |first=Thomas |title=Thousands in Washington Brave Cold to Say Goodbye to Johnson |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 25, 1973 |page=A1}}</ref> The funeral took place on January 25 at the [[National City Christian Church]] in Washington, D.C., where he had often worshiped as president. The service was presided over by President Nixon and attended by foreign dignitaries, led by [[Eisaku Satō]], who had served as Japanese prime minister during Johnson's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=LBJ buried near his Texas birthplace |date=January 26, 1973 |author=United Press International |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1976432632.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+26%2C+1973&author=United+Press+International&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=LBJ+buried+near+his+Texas+birthplace |access-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131040433/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1976432632.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+26%2C+1973&author=United+Press+International&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=LBJ+buried+near+his+Texas+birthplace |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eulogies were given by George Davis, the church's pastor, and [[W. Marvin Watson]], Johnson's last [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] and a longtime advisor.<ref name="Funeral">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Haynes |author-link=Haynes Johnson |author-link2=Jules Witcover |last2=Witcover |first2=Jules |title=LBJ Buried in Beloved Texas Hills |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 26, 1973 |page=A1}}</ref>

Johnson was buried in his family's private cemetery at the house in which he was born. Eulogies were given by former Texas governor Connally and [[Billy Graham]], the minister who officiated at the burial rites. The state funeral, the last for a president until [[Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon]]'s in 1994, was part of an unexpectedly busy week in Washington, beginning with [[Second inauguration of Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon's second inauguration]] following the [[1972 United States presidential election|1972 election]].<ref name="MDW">{{cite news |last=Elsen |first=William A.|title=Ceremonial Group Had Busy 5 Weeks |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 25, 1973 |page=D3}}</ref> As Johnson died only two days after the inauguration,<ref name="Capitol"/><ref name="MDW"/> the remainder of the ceremonies surrounding the inauguration were cancelled to allow for a full state funeral,<ref name="MDW"/> and many of the military men who participated in the inauguration took part in the funeral.<ref name="MDW"/> It also meant that Johnson's casket traveled the entire length of the Capitol, entering through the Senate wing when taken into the Rotunda to lie in state and exiting through the House wing steps due to inauguration construction on the East Front steps.<ref name="Capitol"/>
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