Editing George II of Great Britain (section)

=== Death ===
By October 1760 George II was blind in one eye and [[hard of hearing]].<ref>Thompson, p. 275; Trench, p. 292; Van der Kiste, p. 212.</ref> On the morning of 25 October he rose as usual at 6:00&nbsp;am, drank a cup of hot chocolate, and went to his [[close stool]] alone. After a few minutes, his valet<!--Schröder--> heard a loud crash and entered the room to find the King on the floor;<ref>Thompson, pp. 289–290; Van der Kiste, p. 213.</ref> his physician, [[Frank Nicholls]], recorded that he "appeared to have just come from his necessary-stool, and as if going to open his [[escritoire]]".<ref name='Nicholls' />

The King was lifted into his bed, and Princess Amelia was sent for; before she reached him, he was dead. At the age of nearly 77 he had lived longer than any of his English or British predecessors.<ref>Van der Kiste, p. 213.</ref> A [[post-mortem]] revealed that George had died as the result of a [[thoracic aortic dissection]].<ref name='Nicholls'>{{Cite journal |author-link=Frank Nicholls |last=Nicholls |first=Frank |date=1761 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=bYWNFD7xRXkC&pg=PA265 265–274] |title=Observations concerning the body of His Late Majesty |journal=Philos Trans Lond |volume=52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Criado |first=Frank J. |date=2011 |title=Aortic dissection: a 250-year perspective |journal=[[Texas Heart Institute Journal]] |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=694–700|pmid=22199439 |pmc=3233335 }}</ref> He was succeeded by his grandson George III, and buried on 11 November in Westminster Abbey. He left instructions for the sides of his and his wife's coffins to be removed so that their remains could mingle.<ref>Black, ''George II'', p. 253; Thompson, p. 290.</ref>