List of presidents of the United States by date of death
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The following is a list of presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics. Of the 45 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789,[lower-alpha 1] 39 have died – eight of them while in office.[lower-alpha 2]
For the location of each deceased U.S. president's burial site, see List of burial places of presidents of the United States.
The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days.[lower-alpha 3] John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.