Anthony Lewis’s obituary reports Winston Churchill’s death in London on 24 January 1965 at the age of 90, following a stroke. It describes the public reaction in Britain and abroad, the tributes from political leaders and the arrangements for a state funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral, followed by burial at Bladon. Lewis places the national mourning within Churchill’s long association with Parliament and his central role as Britain’s wartime prime minister.

The article also provides a concise portrait of Churchill’s public career and personality. It recalls his wartime speeches, determination, combative political style and humour, while noting his varied work as a soldier, journalist, historian, author and politician. Alongside the immediate news of his death, the obituary assesses the qualities for which contemporaries remembered him and records details of his family and final years, presenting both a news report and a retrospective account of a major twentieth-century political figure.