Suffering from poor health following the historic Yalta Conference, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent little time in Washington, D.C., and instead retreated to the Little White House in Warm Springs, Ga. Roosevelt complained of a severe headache and slumped forward in his chair on April 12, 1945. He died later that afternoon. After a funeral procession in Washington, D.C., Roosevelt was buried in the rose garden of his Springwood estate. Roosevelt’s wife Eleanor was buried beside him after her death in 1962.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthplace in Hyde Park, N.Y.
In 1866, James Roosevelt purchased a one square-mile estate along the banks of the Hudson River. Although the history of the house at the estate is unclear, Springwood changed dramatically during Roosevelt’s ownership of the property. On Jan. 30, 1882, James and his second wife Sara Delano Roosevelt welcomed their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Franklin was born in the second floor tower bedroom that functioned as the master bedroom of the house.