Do you know Rose Swisher? Is she the first wife of NBA Legend Bill Russell?

Many of us have heard the name of Rose Swisher in the entertainment industry.  But do you know who she is? She is a renowned American model and a photographer at the same time. Rose Swisher took birth on 27^th December 1929. Besides being a famous model and photographer, she was also known as the first wife of William Russell. William Russell has four wives and she was the first among them. William Bill Russell is a world-famous basketball player. He first met Rise Swisher at the University of San Francisco where both of them were studying. Russell was pursuing Physical education while Rose was doing a course in Nursing. Gradually, they became friends and fell in love with each other. Later they decided to tie the knot. With the consent of both the families they tied the knot but their conjugal life did not last longer and they took the decision of separation in 1973.

Get to know more about Rose Swisher – the first wife of Bill Russell

As Bill Russell and Rose Swisher tied the knot on the 9th of December, 1956, they both had three children _ Jacob Russell, William Russell, and Karen Rusell respectively. When they divorced in the year 1973, both of them showed the cause of irreconcilable differences between them which led to the end of their conjugal life. Once Rose made a remark on Russell “There is no way to describe how he would be if it were not for me, he would be dead now. However, the people are not very aware of the relationship between Russell and his first wife Rose Swisher. “My Life My Road”, the autobiography of Bill Russell was released in 1985. Bill talked about his first wife Rose Swisher’s biography.

Rose Swisher was the first American supermodel in the 1950s and in the year 1960, she appeared on the cover page of “Ebony” magazine and fashion runways. She was also famous for being the face of Maybelline Cosmetics. Their daughter and the third child of Rose and Bill, Karen Rusell came into this world in 1972 and after the completion of five years, the couple got separated.

As the birthplace of Rose Swisher in Chicago, she played an active role as a social activist and took part in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1960. She was one of the members who protested the Vietnam War. Throughout her entire life, Rose always stood for social justice.

A short Bio on Bill Russell

Since Bill Russell is a world-famous Basketball player, he earned around $450,000 during the time period of 1961-62 (this was the first year when NBA players were able to convert their contracts) and his earnings were higher than any other player in the league. Russell was born and brought up in West Monroe, Louisiana. He was the son of Prince Rupert Russell and his mother Julia. Bill was brought up in a poor family. In his childhood days, he used to pick cotton in his grandfather’s farm and he had only two pairs of pants and t-shirts to wear. He used to change his clothes once a week. Still after this hard life, he gave his best effort in what he loved to do and this gave him the achievement of being the world-famous basketball player later.

The first wife of Bill Russell Rose Swisher passed away when she was at the age of 86. Her one son William Russell and daughter Karen Rusell got married to multimillionaires.