Franklin Delano Roosevelt Florence Sr. was born on 9 August 1933 in Overtown, Miami, Florida, USA. He was married to Mary E. Payne. He died on 1 February 2023 in Rochester, New York, USA.
His mother was a domestic worker; his father, a railroad worker and ice salesman, died when he was 3 years old, and his mother remarried a longshoreman.