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1st LD Writethru: Helmut Schmidt dies at age of 96: media

Xinhua, November 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Helmut Schmidt, who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, died at age of 96 at his home in Hamburg, German media reported on Tuesday.

As German media Focus Online reported, the health status of the former Chancellor has deteriorated drastically since Monday.

The report said, his doctors make little hope, as Schmidt should be unconscious at that time.

The personal physician Heiner Greten was quoted as saying that one should now "be prepared for anything".

Schmidt had surgery in early September in Hamburg because of a blood clot in the leg. After two weeks he left the hospital at his own request and returned to his home in Hamburg, where he was looked after around the clock.

Initially, the doctors had high hopes that he could regain his strength back home. However, Greten said on Monday to German newspaper Bild that "his body has barely resistance forces". Endit