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Curtis Roosevelt was an American writer.
Curtis Roosevelt, who with his sister, Eleanor, charmed Americans in the mid-1930s as Buzzie and Sistie, the towheaded children who lived in the White House.

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Curtis Roosevelt is the eldest grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Born on April 19, 1930, he is the son of Anna Roosevelt and Curtis Bean Dall. His older sister is Anna Eleanor Seagraves. Curtis and his sister were popularly known as "Sistie" and "Buzzie" during their early childhoods. Curtis legally changed his last name from Dall to Roosevelt in later years.

Curtis and his sister lived in the White House from September 1933 to November 1935, then visited frequently thereafter. He was there for Christmas 1936 through FDR's Second Inauguration in 1937. He was also there for Christmas 1939. Curtis and his sister returned to live in the White House with their mother Anna in 1944-1945 until FDR's death, although Curtis was at boarding schools during this period.

As a teenager, Curtis spent a short period in a hospital recovering from a mild attack of infantile paralysis.

In 1948, he accompanied his grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt to Paris, where Mrs.Roosevelt was attending a session of the United Nations General Assembly as a delegate from t

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Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of FDR, has died

Curtis Roosevelt, the oldest grandson of President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, has died, according to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.

Curtis Roosevelt, whose mother was Anna Roosevelt Halstead, was born in 1930 and was a noted author and educator. Anna Roosevelt Halstead was FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt’s only daughter.

Curtis Roosevelt was 86 and died this week, according to the nation's first presidential library. No further details about his death were available.

FDR was a Hyde Park native and served as the nation’s 32nd president. Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of first lady. FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt both lived and are buried in Hyde Park.

"The FDR Library and Museum mourns the loss of Curtis Roosevelt,” director Paul Sparrow said in a statement. “He was a wonderful writer, educator and a strong supporter of the library. As the oldest grandson of Franklin and Eleanor, he provided a unique perspective on their remarkable lives."

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Curtis Roosevelt

American writer (1930–2016)

Curtis Roosevelt (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.

Personal life

Curtis Roosevelt Dall was born on April 19, 1930, in New York City.^[1] When he was three, Curtis, his sister Eleanor (born 1927), and his mother moved into the White House, where they lived until his mother remarried in 1935. Newspaper articles frequently referred to the children by their nicknames, "Buzzie" and "Sistie."^[2] After his parents' 1934 divorce, his mother married journalist Clarence John Boettiger in 1935.^[3] His younger half-brother, John, was born in 1939.^[4] When his mother and Boettiger divorced in 1949, Eleanor Roosevelt and Anna did not want Curtis to reassume the surname Dall, so Mrs. Roosevelt suggested he use his middle name as his last name.^[5]

Roosevelt graduated from Northwester