Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82

By DEMETRIS NELLAS
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. He was 82. Doctors at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens said Constantine died after treatment in an intensive care unit but had no further details. When he acceded to the throne as Constantine II 1964 at the age of 23, the youthful monarch, who had already achieved glory as an Olympic gold medalist in sailing, was hugely popular. By the following year he had squandered much of that support with his in bringing down the elected government of prime minister George Papandreou.