Son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Early aviation enthusiast, radio station manager, Army Air Forces Officer during WW II during which he rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Life was not without scandal. From his obtaining an army commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, while his father was the sitting president. He was also investigated for financial irregularities regarding government contracts for the building of military aircraft, securities fraud, and suspected connections to organized crime. He was never prosecuted.
He was married 5 times to socialites and starlets of Hollywood; Elizabeth Browning Donner, Ruth Josephine Googins, Faye Margaret Emerson, Minnewa Bell, and Patricia Peabody.
New York Times: Elliott Roosevelt, General and Author, Dies at 80
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: October 28, 1990
Elliott Roosevelt, a World War II Air Corps general, a breeder of Arabian horses and an author whose works included a series of mystery novels that cast his mother, the First Lady, as an amateur detective, died yesterday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Roosevelt died of congestive heart failure, his wife, the former Patricia Peabody, said.
The second child of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliot Roosevelt began his writing career in 1946 with "As He Saw It," a best-selling account of his experiences at his father's side during five historic wartime summit conferences.
His trilogy of "tell-all" books about life behind the scenes in the Roosevelt White House and at the family home in Hyde Park, N.Y., caused a rift in the family in the early 1970's, leading his sister and three brothers to publicly disavow the books. A book he wrote in 1983, "The Conservators," was a statement of his philosophy about the survival of the planet.
Mr. Roosevelt, also a great-nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City on Sept. 23, 1910. He attended the Groton School, as had his father, but broke a family tradition by not going on to Harvard. Instead, he turned to advertising and radio.
A year before the United States entered World War II, when the strapping, 225-pound son of the President received a commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, critics charged that he was receiving special attention because of his father. But his actions in the war dispelled any shadow over that and subsequent promotions.
Mr. Roosevelt flew 300 combat missions and commanded the 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, a multi-national unit that participated in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and played an important role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was twice wounded and received decorations, including the (sic) Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Mr. Roosevelt served as the aviation editor of the Hearst newspaper chain. He then created a business consulting organization, later moving on to many other fields. Mr. Roosevelt, who was married five times -- including to the actress Faye Emerson -- was wedded to Miss Peabody in 1960. In 1962, the Roosevelts moved from Minneapolis to Miami Beach. The family resided there for eight years, during which Mr. Roosevelt served as Mayor of Miami Beach and as the state Democratic committeeman.
The Roosevelts then moved to Portugal, where they raised Arabian horses. From Portugal, the Roosevelts moved to England, then to Seattle, then to Palm Springs, Calif., and finally settled in Scottsdale
Mr. Roosevelt eventually wrote 14 books. In 1973, "An Untold Story" detailed the intimate relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and his secretary, Marguerite (Missy) Lehand, and told how, after the birth of their youngest son, John, in 1916, his parents "never again lived as husband and wife." The four other Roosevelt children then issued a statement, saying, "We feel we must disassociate ourselves completely from this book."
Mr. Roosevelt began his series of mystery novels, with his mother as a detective serving as the central character, in the early 1980's. Last year, a reviewer for The New York Times wrote: "Eleanor Roosevelt snoops again in 'Murder in the Oval Office,' the sixth in Elliot Roosevelt's apparently unquenchable flow of memoir-mysteries about his famous mother. Her sense of justice (not to mention her curiosity), sparked by the murder of a Southern congressman during a White House soiree, the resourceful First Lady shows spunk and wit, and also considerable charm, in her amateur investigation of the locked-room puzzle."
Besides his wife, Mr. Roosevelt is survived by his brother, James, of Palm Springs; two daughters, Chandler Lindsley of Dallas and Gretchen of Seattle, and six sons, David, of Seattle; William, of South Norwalk, Conn.; Elliott Jr., of Dallas; David, of Westport, Conn.; James, of Hollywood, Fla., and Ford, of Van Nuys, Calif.
*Correction: November 4, 1990, Sunday, Late Edition - Final An obituary last Sunday about Elliott Roosevelt, a son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, misstated his order of birth in the family. He was the third child of Franklin and Eleanor; their daughter, Anna, was the first and James was the second.
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FDR had 6 children. 1. Anna 1906, 2. James 1907, 3. Franklin Delano Jr. 1909-1909, 4. Elliott 1910, 5. Franklin Delano 1914-1988, 6. John Aspinwall Roosevelt 1916, making Elliott the fourth child not the third, as the newspaper said
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Early aviation enthusiast, radio station manager, Army Air Forces Officer during WW II during which he rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Life was not without scandal. From his obtaining an army commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, while his father was the sitting president. He was also investigated for financial irregularities regarding government contracts for the building of military aircraft, securities fraud, and suspected connections to organized crime. He was never prosecuted.
He was married 5 times to socialites and starlets of Hollywood; Elizabeth Browning Donner, Ruth Josephine Googins, Faye Margaret Emerson, Minnewa Bell, and Patricia Peabody.
New York Times: Elliott Roosevelt, General and Author, Dies at 80
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: October 28, 1990
Elliott Roosevelt, a World War II Air Corps general, a breeder of Arabian horses and an author whose works included a series of mystery novels that cast his mother, the First Lady, as an amateur detective, died yesterday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Roosevelt died of congestive heart failure, his wife, the former Patricia Peabody, said.
The second child of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliot Roosevelt began his writing career in 1946 with "As He Saw It," a best-selling account of his experiences at his father's side during five historic wartime summit conferences.
His trilogy of "tell-all" books about life behind the scenes in the Roosevelt White House and at the family home in Hyde Park, N.Y., caused a rift in the family in the early 1970's, leading his sister and three brothers to publicly disavow the books. A book he wrote in 1983, "The Conservators," was a statement of his philosophy about the survival of the planet.
Mr. Roosevelt, also a great-nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City on Sept. 23, 1910. He attended the Groton School, as had his father, but broke a family tradition by not going on to Harvard. Instead, he turned to advertising and radio.
A year before the United States entered World War II, when the strapping, 225-pound son of the President received a commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, critics charged that he was receiving special attention because of his father. But his actions in the war dispelled any shadow over that and subsequent promotions.
Mr. Roosevelt flew 300 combat missions and commanded the 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, a multi-national unit that participated in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and played an important role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was twice wounded and received decorations, including the (sic) Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Mr. Roosevelt served as the aviation editor of the Hearst newspaper chain. He then created a business consulting organization, later moving on to many other fields. Mr. Roosevelt, who was married five times -- including to the actress Faye Emerson -- was wedded to Miss Peabody in 1960. In 1962, the Roosevelts moved from Minneapolis to Miami Beach. The family resided there for eight years, during which Mr. Roosevelt served as Mayor of Miami Beach and as the state Democratic committeeman.
The Roosevelts then moved to Portugal, where they raised Arabian horses. From Portugal, the Roosevelts moved to England, then to Seattle, then to Palm Springs, Calif., and finally settled in Scottsdale
Mr. Roosevelt eventually wrote 14 books. In 1973, "An Untold Story" detailed the intimate relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and his secretary, Marguerite (Missy) Lehand, and told how, after the birth of their youngest son, John, in 1916, his parents "never again lived as husband and wife." The four other Roosevelt children then issued a statement, saying, "We feel we must disassociate ourselves completely from this book."
Mr. Roosevelt began his series of mystery novels, with his mother as a detective serving as the central character, in the early 1980's. Last year, a reviewer for The New York Times wrote: "Eleanor Roosevelt snoops again in 'Murder in the Oval Office,' the sixth in Elliot Roosevelt's apparently unquenchable flow of memoir-mysteries about his famous mother. Her sense of justice (not to mention her curiosity), sparked by the murder of a Southern congressman during a White House soiree, the resourceful First Lady shows spunk and wit, and also considerable charm, in her amateur investigation of the locked-room puzzle."
Besides his wife, Mr. Roosevelt is survived by his brother, James, of Palm Springs; two daughters, Chandler Lindsley of Dallas and Gretchen of Seattle, and six sons, David, of Seattle; William, of South Norwalk, Conn.; Elliott Jr., of Dallas; David, of Westport, Conn.; James, of Hollywood, Fla., and Ford, of Van Nuys, Calif.
*Correction: November 4, 1990, Sunday, Late Edition - Final An obituary last Sunday about Elliott Roosevelt, a son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, misstated his order of birth in the family. He was the third child of Franklin and Eleanor; their daughter, Anna, was the first and James was the second.
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FDR had 6 children. 1. Anna 1906, 2. James 1907, 3. Franklin Delano Jr. 1909-1909, 4. Elliott 1910, 5. Franklin Delano 1914-1988, 6. John Aspinwall Roosevelt 1916, making Elliott the fourth child not the third, as the newspaper said
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Son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Early aviation enthusiast, radio station manager, Army Air Forces Officer during WW II during which he rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Life was not without scandal. From his obtaining an army commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, while his father was the sitting president. He was also investigated for financial irregularities regarding government contracts for the building of military aircraft, securities fraud, and suspected connections to organized crime. He was never prosecuted.
He was married 5 times to socialites and starlets of Hollywood; Elizabeth Browning Donner, Ruth Josephine Googins, Faye Margaret Emerson, Minnewa Bell, and Patricia Peabody.
New York Times: Elliott Roosevelt, General and Author, Dies at 80
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: October 28, 1990
Elliott Roosevelt, a World War II Air Corps general, a breeder of Arabian horses and an author whose works included a series of mystery novels that cast his mother, the First Lady, as an amateur detective, died yesterday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Roosevelt died of congestive heart failure, his wife, the former Patricia Peabody, said.
The second child of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliot Roosevelt began his writing career in 1946 with "As He Saw It," a best-selling account of his experiences at his father's side during five historic wartime summit conferences.
His trilogy of "tell-all" books about life behind the scenes in the Roosevelt White House and at the family home in Hyde Park, N.Y., caused a rift in the family in the early 1970's, leading his sister and three brothers to publicly disavow the books. A book he wrote in 1983, "The Conservators," was a statement of his philosophy about the survival of the planet.
Mr. Roosevelt, also a great-nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City on Sept. 23, 1910. He attended the Groton School, as had his father, but broke a family tradition by not going on to Harvard. Instead, he turned to advertising and radio.
A year before the United States entered World War II, when the strapping, 225-pound son of the President received a commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, critics charged that he was receiving special attention because of his father. But his actions in the war dispelled any shadow over that and subsequent promotions.
Mr. Roosevelt flew 300 combat missions and commanded the 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, a multi-national unit that participated in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and played an important role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was twice wounded and received decorations, including the (sic) Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Mr. Roosevelt served as the aviation editor of the Hearst newspaper chain. He then created a business consulting organization, later moving on to many other fields. Mr. Roosevelt, who was married five times -- including to the actress Faye Emerson -- was wedded to Miss Peabody in 1960. In 1962, the Roosevelts moved from Minneapolis to Miami Beach. The family resided there for eight years, during which Mr. Roosevelt served as Mayor of Miami Beach and as the state Democratic committeeman.
The Roosevelts then moved to Portugal, where they raised Arabian horses. From Portugal, the Roosevelts moved to England, then to Seattle, then to Palm Springs, Calif., and finally settled in Scottsdale
Mr. Roosevelt eventually wrote 14 books. In 1973, "An Untold Story" detailed the intimate relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and his secretary, Marguerite (Missy) Lehand, and told how, after the birth of their youngest son, John, in 1916, his parents "never again lived as husband and wife." The four other Roosevelt children then issued a statement, saying, "We feel we must disassociate ourselves completely from this book."
Mr. Roosevelt began his series of mystery novels, with his mother as a detective serving as the central character, in the early 1980's. Last year, a reviewer for The New York Times wrote: "Eleanor Roosevelt snoops again in 'Murder in the Oval Office,' the sixth in Elliot Roosevelt's apparently unquenchable flow of memoir-mysteries about his famous mother. Her sense of justice (not to mention her curiosity), sparked by the murder of a Southern congressman during a White House soiree, the resourceful First Lady shows spunk and wit, and also considerable charm, in her amateur investigation of the locked-room puzzle."
Besides his wife, Mr. Roosevelt is survived by his brother, James, of Palm Springs; two daughters, Chandler Lindsley of Dallas and Gretchen of Seattle, and six sons, David, of Seattle; William, of South Norwalk, Conn.; Elliott Jr., of Dallas; David, of Westport, Conn.; James, of Hollywood, Fla., and Ford, of Van Nuys, Calif.
*Correction: November 4, 1990, Sunday, Late Edition - Final An obituary last Sunday about Elliott Roosevelt, a son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, misstated his order of birth in the family. He was the third child of Franklin and Eleanor; their daughter, Anna, was the first and James was the second.
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FDR had 6 children. 1. Anna 1906, 2. James 1907, 3. Franklin Delano Jr. 1909-1909, 4. Elliott 1910, 5. Franklin Delano 1914-1988, 6. John Aspinwall Roosevelt 1916, making Elliott the fourth child not the third, as the newspaper said
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Early aviation enthusiast, radio station manager, Army Air Forces Officer during WW II during which he rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Life was not without scandal. From his obtaining an army commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, while his father was the sitting president. He was also investigated for financial irregularities regarding government contracts for the building of military aircraft, securities fraud, and suspected connections to organized crime. He was never prosecuted.
He was married 5 times to socialites and starlets of Hollywood; Elizabeth Browning Donner, Ruth Josephine Googins, Faye Margaret Emerson, Minnewa Bell, and Patricia Peabody.
New York Times: Elliott Roosevelt, General and Author, Dies at 80
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: October 28, 1990
Elliott Roosevelt, a World War II Air Corps general, a breeder of Arabian horses and an author whose works included a series of mystery novels that cast his mother, the First Lady, as an amateur detective, died yesterday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 80 years old.
Mr. Roosevelt died of congestive heart failure, his wife, the former Patricia Peabody, said.
The second child of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliot Roosevelt began his writing career in 1946 with "As He Saw It," a best-selling account of his experiences at his father's side during five historic wartime summit conferences.
His trilogy of "tell-all" books about life behind the scenes in the Roosevelt White House and at the family home in Hyde Park, N.Y., caused a rift in the family in the early 1970's, leading his sister and three brothers to publicly disavow the books. A book he wrote in 1983, "The Conservators," was a statement of his philosophy about the survival of the planet.
Mr. Roosevelt, also a great-nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City on Sept. 23, 1910. He attended the Groton School, as had his father, but broke a family tradition by not going on to Harvard. Instead, he turned to advertising and radio.
A year before the United States entered World War II, when the strapping, 225-pound son of the President received a commission as a captain in the Army Air Corps, critics charged that he was receiving special attention because of his father. But his actions in the war dispelled any shadow over that and subsequent promotions.
Mr. Roosevelt flew 300 combat missions and commanded the 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, a multi-national unit that participated in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and played an important role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was twice wounded and received decorations, including the (sic) Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Mr. Roosevelt served as the aviation editor of the Hearst newspaper chain. He then created a business consulting organization, later moving on to many other fields. Mr. Roosevelt, who was married five times -- including to the actress Faye Emerson -- was wedded to Miss Peabody in 1960. In 1962, the Roosevelts moved from Minneapolis to Miami Beach. The family resided there for eight years, during which Mr. Roosevelt served as Mayor of Miami Beach and as the state Democratic committeeman.
The Roosevelts then moved to Portugal, where they raised Arabian horses. From Portugal, the Roosevelts moved to England, then to Seattle, then to Palm Springs, Calif., and finally settled in Scottsdale
Mr. Roosevelt eventually wrote 14 books. In 1973, "An Untold Story" detailed the intimate relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and his secretary, Marguerite (Missy) Lehand, and told how, after the birth of their youngest son, John, in 1916, his parents "never again lived as husband and wife." The four other Roosevelt children then issued a statement, saying, "We feel we must disassociate ourselves completely from this book."
Mr. Roosevelt began his series of mystery novels, with his mother as a detective serving as the central character, in the early 1980's. Last year, a reviewer for The New York Times wrote: "Eleanor Roosevelt snoops again in 'Murder in the Oval Office,' the sixth in Elliot Roosevelt's apparently unquenchable flow of memoir-mysteries about his famous mother. Her sense of justice (not to mention her curiosity), sparked by the murder of a Southern congressman during a White House soiree, the resourceful First Lady shows spunk and wit, and also considerable charm, in her amateur investigation of the locked-room puzzle."
Besides his wife, Mr. Roosevelt is survived by his brother, James, of Palm Springs; two daughters, Chandler Lindsley of Dallas and Gretchen of Seattle, and six sons, David, of Seattle; William, of South Norwalk, Conn.; Elliott Jr., of Dallas; David, of Westport, Conn.; James, of Hollywood, Fla., and Ford, of Van Nuys, Calif.
*Correction: November 4, 1990, Sunday, Late Edition - Final An obituary last Sunday about Elliott Roosevelt, a son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, misstated his order of birth in the family. He was the third child of Franklin and Eleanor; their daughter, Anna, was the first and James was the second.
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FDR had 6 children. 1. Anna 1906, 2. James 1907, 3. Franklin Delano Jr. 1909-1909, 4. Elliott 1910, 5. Franklin Delano 1914-1988, 6. John Aspinwall Roosevelt 1916, making Elliott the fourth child not the third, as the newspaper said
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