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mp sf list 0 title: Fact or Fiction: Martha barged into the bedroom of the terminally ill president.
mp sf list 0 description: FICTION: “We had to put an end to the relationship between Martha and Franklin,” says series co-writer and historian Linda May Kallestein. “When [Martha] realized he was dying, it was important for her to say goodbye. What they said to each other behind closed doors is not documented and we thought: How could the last meeting have been?”
“In the series, we go from seeing strong Roosevelt in 1942 to a weakened man in 1944. Crown Princess Martha becomes the viewers’ eyes in the development of his disease,” Kallestein explains. She adds that, according to President Roosevelt’s calendar, he and Martha did not meet much in the last days of his life. He died on April 12, 1945.
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Jace Lacob: I’m Jace Lacob, and you’re listening to MASTERPIECE Studio.
American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt has winged his way to an unprecedented third term in office, but the political master has more complicated personal matters to battle at home and abroad.