Statistics for World Leaders Who Died In Office

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Year	Country	Position	Cause	Answer	% Correct
1945	Germany	Fuhrer	Suicide	Adolf Hitler	98%
1945	Italy	Duce	Execution	Benito Mussolini	98%
1963	United States	President	Assassination	John F. Kennedy	98%
1945	United States	President	Illness	Franklin D. Roosevelt	95%
1953	Soviet Union	Chairman	Illness	Joseph Stalin	90%
1924	Soviet Union	Chairman	Stroke	Vladimir Lenin	90%
2011	North Korea	Supreme Leader	Heart Attack	Kim Jong-il	85%
1976	China	Chairman	Heart Attack	Mao Zedong	85%
1984	India	Prime Minister	Assassination	Indira Gandhi	83%
2011	Libya	Brotherly Leader	Assassination	Muammar Gaddafi	83%
1975	Spain	Head of State	Illness	Francisco Franco	78%
1974	Argentina	President	Heart Attack	Juan Peron	76%
1980	Yugoslavia	President	Illness	Josip Broz Tito	73%
2004	Palestine	President	Disputed	Yasser Arafat	71%
1969	North Vietnam	Chairman	Heart Attack	Ho Chi Minh	68%
2013	Venezuela	President	Illness	Hugo Chavez	68%
1989	Iran	Supreme Leader	Heart Attack	Ruhollah Khomeini	66%
1978	Holy See	Pope	Disputed	John Paul I	61%
1964	India	Prime Minister	Stroke	Jawaharlal Nehru	59%
1995	Israel	Prime Minister	Assassination	Yitzhak Rabin	59%
1975	Taiwan	President	Heart Attack	Chiang Kai-shek	51%
1971	Haiti	President	Illness	Francois Duvalier	51%
1923	United States	President	Heart Attack	Warren Harding	49%
1961	Dominican Republic	President	Assassination	Rafael Trujillo	24%