Later years Moody resumed his newspaper and television career as the host and moderator of the "Meet Your Congress" television show. Personal life and death Blair Moody's father Arthur Blair Moody was the son of Mary Blair Moody. Moody married his first wife Mary Ann in 1930 and they had a son, Blair Jr. They were divorced in 1940 and Blair Sr. married his second wife, Ruth, in 1941; the marriage lasted until his death in 1954. Blair and Ruth Moody had two sons, Christopher and Robin. From 1946 until 1954, Blair Moody is reported to have had an affair with Helen Knowland, the wife of his friend Republican Senator William Knowland. William Knowland is said to have later begun an affair with Ruth Moody. Moody died age 52 on July 20, 1954, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the other U.S. Senate seat from Michigan, of a heart attack following complications of viral pneumonia. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Blair Moody Jr. was a Wayne County Circuit Court Judge, and a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Christopher S. Moody was founder and President of Moody & Associates, Inc., a nationwide insurance firm. Robert O. (Robin) Moody is the founder and President of Daedalus Books, the oldest independent bargain book wholesaler in America, established in 1980. Legacy An elementary school in Taylor, Michigan, was named for Senator Blair Moody. The school is in its original location with its original name and continues to educate students. A second elementary school was built adjacent to it in the 1960s. Works In 1941, Moody authored Boom or Bust, a book charting his post-World War II vision for American democracy. His focus was on transitioning to full employment, reducing the national debt, and identifying a strategy for "how the national budget may actually be balanced." Boom or Bust (1941) See also Blair Moody Jr. References External links Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress University of Michigan 1902 births 1954 deaths Michigan Democrats Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut Politicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island Democratic Party United States senators from Michigan Brown University alumni Journalists from Michigan University of Michigan Law School alumni 20th-century American non-fiction writers Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 20th-century American male writers