Fulgencio Batista's Death
Born (Birthday) January 16, 1901
Death Date August 6, 1973
Age of Death 72 years
Cause of Death Heart Attack
Place of Death Málaga, Spain
Place of Burial Sacramental Cemetery of San Isidro, Madrid, Spain
Profession World Leader
The world leader Fulgencio Batista died at the age of 72. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
President of Cuba in the early 1940s and dictator of the same country in the 1950s, he was removed from power during the Cuban Revolution.
He rose to prominence in 1933 as a military leader of the Gerardo Machado-deposing Revolt of the Sergeants and controlled Cuba’s various puppet presidents over the course of the next decade. After finally securing the Cuban presidency, he created the Constitution of Cuba.
While in exile from Cuba, he lived in the Dominican Republic and Portugal, protected by the governments of Rafael Trujillo and Oliveira Salazar.
How did Fulgencio Batista die?
After he fled to Portugal, Batista lived in Madeira, then later in Estoril. He died of a heart attack on August 6, 1973, at Marbella, Spain, two days before a team of assassins from Castro’s Cuba allegedly were planning to assassinate him.