My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

Their wedding took place the following February and was the social event of the season. S. Later life
By the 1950s Longworth's health began to fail her.

She was the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee. Despite her love for her legendary father Alice Roosevelt Longworth proved to be almost nothing like him. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life.