The World - News from Nov. 18, 1987
Boris N. Yeltsin, the ousted boss of the Moscow Communist Party, has been admitted to a hospital with a heart condition, a government spokesman confirmed. The announcement by spokesman Yuri Gremitskikh came amid indications that the reform-minded Yeltsin has lost his last and most important post, that of non-voting member of the ruling Politburo. Gremitskikh denied rumors sweeping Moscow that the 56-year-old Yeltsin has suffered a heart attack or has died since his removal from office.
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