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Although the Speaker of the House would assume the presidency if both the President and Vice-President die or are rendered incapable of carrying out the duties of the office, to date this has not actually happened except in fiction.

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Q: When did both the US President and Vice-President die and the Speaker of the House become President and who was it?
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