Death Eleanor Roosevelt



the eleanor roosevelt monument in riverside park in manhattan


in april 1960, roosevelt diagnosed aplastic anemia after being struck car in new york city. in 1962, given steroids, activated dormant case of tuberculosis in bone marrow, , died of resulting cardiac failure @ manhattan home @ 55 east 74th street on upper east side on november 7, 1962, @ age of 78. daughter anna took care of roosevelt when terminally ill in 1962. president john f. kennedy ordered united states flags lowered half-staff throughout world on november 8 in tribute roosevelt.


among other prominent attendees, president kennedy , former presidents truman , eisenhower honored roosevelt @ funeral services in hyde park on november 10, 1962, interred next husband in rose garden @ springwood , roosevelt family home. @ services, adlai stevenson said: other single human being has touched , transformed existence of many? , adding, rather light candle curse darkness, , glow has warmed world.


after death, family deeded family vacation home on campobello island governments of u.s. , canada, , in 1964 created 2,800-acre (11 km) roosevelt campobello international park.








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