Curtis Roosevelt Curtis Roosevelt Curtis Roosevelt Dall (April 19, 1930–September 26, 2016) was an American writer. Roosevelt was the son of Anna Roosevelt and her first husband, Curtis Bean Dall. He was the eldest grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Dall was born on April 19, 1930, in New York City. When he was three, Curtis, his sister Eleanor, and his mother moved into the White House, where they lived until his mother remarried in 1935. Curtis was often referred to as "Buzzie" in 1930s newspapers. After his parents' 1934 divorce, his mother married journalist Clarence John
Eleanor Roosevelt she was interred next to her husband in the Rose Garden at "Springwood", the Roosevelt family home. At the services, Adlai Stevenson said: "What other single human being has touched and transformed the existence of so many?", adding, "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world." After her death, her family deeded the family vacation home on Campobello Island to the governments of the U.S. and Canada, and in 1964 they created the Roosevelt Campobello International Park. In 1966, the White House Historical Association purchased Douglas Chandor's portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt;