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Picture Source CitedTheodore lost his third election, running for president.
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On time.com and npr.org both stated that Roosevelt's Brazilian co-commander Colonel Candido Rondon embarked on their journey into the jungle; every man for himself.
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Roosevelt had sufferd from malaria and later cut is leg on a boulder. The cut was easily infected because of the rain forest.
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Roosevelt returned home from the journey and his never fully recovered his health
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Roosevelt decided to take a trip to South America to visit his son Kermit and to take a break from his political struggles, which also gave this famous outdoorsman a chance to visit the Amazon River Basin. What had looked to be a relaxing trip in the Amazon, turned out to be a chaotic march through the darkest heart of Brazil's uncharted Amazonian Jungle. Brazil's Minister told Roosevelt of an "unknown river," worth exploring, the Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt.
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When Theodore returned home from Brazil he never fully recovred his health. He died at age 60 from an arterial blood clot.
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Kermit commited suicide on active duty in Alaska in 1943
