"George Washington died on December 14, 1799. The 60-year-old former president was effectively asphyxiated over a two-day period. “I die hard,” said Washington before he passed away. It was indeed a hard and painful death which Washington met with his usual stoicism.
Historian Peter R. Henriques wrote that Washington exhibited “many symptoms consistent with classic acute epiglottis: Rapid onset of the disease, high fever, an extremely sore throat, drooling, great difficulty in swallowing, great difficulty in speaking without true hoarseness, increased airway obstruction, especially when leaning backward, a desire to assume a sitting position in spite of weakness, persistent restlessness, and finally an apparent improvement shortly before death....Washington slowly and painfully suffocated to death over many hours.”
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