Richard M. Langworth on Winston Churchill
← Back to Winston Churchill ProfileWinston Churchill, as recounted by Richard Langworth, held strong spiritual beliefs, even predicting his own death date based on his father's passing.
“While vague about the hereafter, Churchill always held that "man is spirit," and believed in a kind of spiritual connection with his forebears. On 24 January 1953, he told his private secretary, John Colville, that he would die on that date—the same date his father had died in 1895. Twelve years later Churchill lapsed into a coma on January 10th. Confidently, Colville assured The Queen's private secretary: "He won't die until the 24th." Unconscious, Churchill did just that.”
Richard Langworth highlights a tantalizing ambiguity surrounding Winston Churchill's "The Dream," a story Churchill himself suggested blurred the lines between fiction and reality.
“One question about The Dream that tantalized his family is whether the story was really fiction. When asked this question, Sir Winston Churchill would smile and say, "Not entirely."”