What nonsense! your understanding is really off.
LBJ lived 5 years after his term as President, and died from a heart attack, one of several he had, starting about 20 years earlier. His poor heart condition was well known, and he had consulted with heart surgeon Dr. DeBakey of Texas (who said he was too ill to risk heart surgery). Nothing surprising about his death. If anything, his smoking was his major health risk.
I recommend that you read Cato’s books on LBJ.
(Or any books, really.)
So even if folks do not voice their own opinions in this thread, they are busy quoting others’ opinions. Which leads me to question in my mind, what is a fact? What is straight dope? What is real? How can I know if something is real? Oy vey…
There’s a famous video of LBJ asking a soldier to show him the scar from having been shot in the buttocks.
I prefer Cato’s letters, myself.
For insight into LBJ, i turn to Caro.
tears out bowels in shame
LBJ would want to see that, I’d say.
Hey, he knew what he wanted.
Are you kidding?? I’d pay a fiver right now to see it!
It was on the Internet. It must be true.