Personal Life
Roy and Phyllis Huffington had two children: Terry Dittman, whose family lives in Houston, and Michael Huffington (born 1947), who was a Republican U.S. representative from California from 1993-1995. In 1994, Michael Huffington narrowly lost the election for the United States Senate to Democrat Diane Feinstein. Michael Huffington was married to liberal political activist Arianna Huffington from 1986-1997. Arianna Huffington, an unsuccessful candidate for governor of California in the 2003 recall election, is the founder of the Huffington Post.
Roy Huffington died of natural causes in Venice, Italy.
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