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Alex Haley
American writer (1921–1992)
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| Born | Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (1921-08-11)August 11, 1921 Ithaca, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Died | February 10, 1992(1992-02-10) (aged 70) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Coast Guardsman, writer |
| Years active | 1939–1992 |
| Spouse | Nannie Branch (m. 1941; div. 1964)Juliette Collins (m. 1964; div. 1972)Myran Lewis (m. 1977) |
| Relatives | Simon Haley (father) George W. Haley (brother) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Coast Guard |
| Years of service | 1939–1959 |
| Rank | Chief Petty Officer |
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992)[1] was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.ABC adap
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EXCLUSIVE: A secret marriage, affair after affair and dying in the arms of his mistress - how Roots author Alex Haley taught the world to love genealogy but never told the truth about his own family life
He's known as the father of popular genealogy, yet Roots author Alex Haley kept his own tangled private life a total secret from his three wives, children and siblings.
Haley had the benefit of chatty old relatives when he pieced together his ancestors' journey from slavery to freedom. Yet he confided in no one about his own very complicated life.
Now - as a new version of the TV series makes its debut on Memorial Day - Daily Mail Online can reveal the full story of the big-spending compulsive womanizer.
And in an astonishing interview, his widow My Lewis, 68, has told how he demanded she keep her contribution to Roots and their 15-year marriage under wraps.
Haley's deepest secrets only became apparent to his family when he died suddenly of a heart attack, aged just 70, in 1992
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Alex Haley: The Secret of Strong Families
Alex Haley, the author of Roots, recalls his Southern boyhood—when he learned the meaning of family tradition—and offers ways you can bring your own kin closer together. A quote from Family: A Humanizing Force:
“What we have now is an urgent need to collect as much of the oral history that remains as we possibly can. The greatest part of the history of this country fryst vatten in the memories and minds of older people. Every year in this country about two million people who are sixty-five or older pass away, and with them goes a great big chunk of this country’s history. That history is irretrievably lost unless those older people have been interviewed and their memories recorded by members of their family or others who are interested. We are now in a position to do something about family histories.
“Apart from collecting our family histories, one of the most important things we can do, I believe, is to spread as widely and as in