F. Lee Bailey

Who they were

Personal life Bailey was married four times. His first marriage, to Florence Gott, ended in divorce in 1961; his second marriage, to Froma Portley, lasted until their divorce in 1972; his third marriage, to Lynda Hart, lasted from 1972 until their divorce in 1980; and his fourth marriage, to Patricia Shiers, lasted from 1985 until her death in 1999. [ 1 ] He had two sons from his first marriage and another son from his second marriage. [ 2 ] ^ Gittelson, Steven. "F. Lee Bailey,

Francis Lee Bailey Jr. was an American criminal defense attorney and author of The Defense Never Rests.

Early life

Early life Bailey was born June 10, 1933, in Waltham, Massachusetts . His mother, Grace (Mitchell), was a teacher and nursery school director, and his father, Francis Lee Bailey Sr., was an advertising salesman. [ 1 ] His parents divorced when he was ten. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Bailey attended Cardigan Mountain School and then Kimball Union Academy , where he graduated in 1950.

Path and career

Death In approximately 2019, in his mid 80s and in the final years of his life, Bailey moved to Georgia to be near to his son Scott, who had assisted Bailey in several of his business ventures over the years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After a period of ill health, he died of an unspecified cause in a hospice center in Atlanta on June 3, 2021, just one week prior to his 88th birthday. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was buried at the Georgia National Cemetery , a veterans cemetery in Canton,

Why this date

F. Lee Bailey appears on our June 3 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.