King Constantine of Greece dies at 82
Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late Tuesday. He was 82.
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Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late Tuesday. He was 82.
Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country's volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. He was 82. -- aaa
Staff at a private Athens hospital said Constantine, also a friend of King Charles, had been treated in an intensive care unit.
He rose to the throne in 1964, left the country three years later and spent decades in exile
When he acceded to the throne in 1964 as Constantine II at age 23, he was hugely popular. By the following year, he had squandered much of that support.