Family and Death
Roosevelt's first marriage was to Betsey Cushing, daughter of famed surgeon Harvey Cushing. They divorced in 1940. James married Romelle Schneider, his nurse, the next year. In 1956 he married Irene Owens, his receptionist. He married his fourth wife, Mary Winskill, teacher to his son "Del," in 1969. By the end of his life, Roosevelt had had four wives and seven children.
Children
- Sara Wilford (born Sara Delano Roosevelt, March 13, 1932)
- Kate Roosevelt Whitney (born February 16, 1936)
- James Roosevelt, Jr. (born November 9, 1945)
- Michael Anthony Roosevelt (born December 7, 1946)
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (born January 10, 1948)
- Hall Delano Roosevelt (born June 27, 1959)
- Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (born April 12, 1971)
Roosevelt died in Newport Beach, California in 1991 of complications arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease. He was 83 and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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