Roosevelt was a sick man when he attended the Yalta conference with Russian leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in February that year. Roosevelt died on April 3, 1945, and was succeeded by President Harry Truman.

• 那年二月罗斯福和苏联领导人斯大林、英国首相邱吉尔参加雅尔塔会议时已是疾病缠身，于同年四月三日去世，由杜鲁门继任总统。