<P> On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, to rest before his anticipated appearance at the founding conference of the United Nations . On the afternoon of April 12, Roosevelt said, "I have a terrific headache ." He then slumped forward in his chair, unconscious, and was carried into his bedroom . The president's attending cardiologist, Dr. Howard Bruenn, diagnosed the medical emergency as a massive cerebral hemorrhage . At 3: 35 p.m. that day, Roosevelt died at the age of 63 . </P> <P> On the morning of April 13, Roosevelt's body was placed in a flag - draped coffin and loaded onto the presidential train for the trip back to Washington . Along the route, thousands flocked to the tracks to pay their respects . After a White House funeral on April 14, Roosevelt was transported by train from Washington, D.C., to his place of birth at Hyde Park . As was his wish, Roosevelt was buried on April 15 in the Rose Garden of his Springwood estate . </P> <P> Roosevelt's declining physical health had been kept secret from the general public . His death was met with shock and grief across the U.S. and around the world . After Germany surrendered the following month, newly - sworn in President Truman dedicated Victory in Europe Day and its celebrations to Roosevelt's memory, and kept the flags across the U.S. at half - staff for the remainder of the 30 - day mourning period, saying that his only wish was "that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day". World War II finally ended with the surrender of Japan in September following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet entry into the war . Truman would preside over the demobilization of the war effort and the establishment of the United Nations and other postwar institutions envisioned during Roosevelt's presidency . </P> <P> Roosevelt was viewed as a hero by many African Americans, Catholics, and Jews, and he was highly successful in attracting large majorities of these voters into his New Deal coalition . He won strong support from Chinese Americans and Filipino Americans, but not Japanese Americans, as he presided over their internment in concentration camps during the war . African Americans and Native Americans fared well in two New Deal relief programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Indian Reorganization Act, respectively . Sitkoff reports that the WPA "provided an economic floor for the whole black community in the 1930s, rivaling both agriculture and domestic service as the chief source" of income . </P>

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