Former U.S. Vice President Charles Curtis dies 80 years ago this hour (Feb 8 1936)

(Saturday, February 8, 1936, 10:25 a.m. EST)Charles Curtis, the 31st Vice President of the United States (1929-1933, under President Herbert Hoover), died today of a heart attack in in Washington, D.C. He was 76 (click here to watch moving pictures of Curtis).