He was married to fellow filmmaker Joan Root, who was a Kenyan-born (to British parents) conservationist and ecological activist.
The Roots introduced Dian Fossey to the gorillas she would later die trying to save, took Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis over Kenya in their balloon, and covered much of Africa in their famous single-engine Cessna, their amphibious car, and their balloon, at one time equipped with a raft for water landings.
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