Cecily Gemmell, Winston Churchill’s Last Surviving Secretary, Has Died

NYT World Thursday 08 October 2026, 20:11 UTC By Barry Singer 1 min read

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Starting with the British leader at age 18, she traveled the world with him. “I was terrified of him,” she later recalled.

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