Editing Alex Haley (section)

==Later life and death==
[[File:Henning Alex Haley Memorial.jpg|thumb|upright|Haley's grave beside his boyhood home at Henning, Tennessee in 2010]]
[[File:USCGC Alex Haley.jpg|left|thumb|upright|USCGC ''Alex Haley'' (WMEC-39)]]

Early in the 1980s, Haley worked with [[the Walt Disney Company]] to develop an [[Equatorial Africa]] pavilion for its [[Epcot Center]] theme park. Haley appeared on a [[CBS]] broadcast of Epcot Center's opening day celebration, discussing the plans and exhibiting concept art with host [[Danny Kaye]].  Ultimately, the pavilion was not built due to political and financial issues.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hill|first1=Jim|date=June 12, 2006|title=Equatorial Africa: The World Showcase Pavilion that We Almost Got|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/jeff_lange/archive/2006/06/13/2979.aspx|publisher=Jim Hill Media|access-date=June 9, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610050218/http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/jeff_lange/archive/2006/06/13/2979.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Late in the 1970s, Haley had begun working on a second historical novel based on another branch of his family, traced through his grandmother Queen; she was the daughter of a black slave woman and her white master.

He did not finish the novel before dying in [[Seattle, Washington]], of a heart attack on February 10, 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Dee |last2=Fry |first2=Donn |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920210&slug=1474889 |title=Alex Haley Dies -- Author Who Inspired Millions With 'Roots' Suffers Apparent Heart Attack In Seattle |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=February 10, 1992 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811160201/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920210&slug=1474889 |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was buried beside his childhood home in Henning, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/02/12/Roots-author-Alex-Haley-to-be-buried-in-Tennessee/3974697870800/ |title='Roots' author Alex Haley to be buried in Tennessee |work=United Press International |date=February 12, 1992 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230511003813/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/02/12/Roots-author-Alex-Haley-to-be-buried-in-Tennessee/3974697870800/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

At his request, the novel was finished by [[David Stevens (screenwriter)|David Stevens]] and was published as ''[[Queen: The Story of an American Family|Alex Haley's Queen]]'' in 1993. Earlier the same year, it was adapted as a [[Alex Haley's Queen|miniseries of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jennings |first=Gary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/07/06/book-world/99e52d18-d1eb-4db1-80db-bfb5b27e19e0/ |title=Book World |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 6, 1993 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511005002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/07/06/book-world/99e52d18-d1eb-4db1-80db-bfb5b27e19e0/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jordan |first=Tina |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/05/14/queen-alex-haleys-roots-are-showing/ |title=In 'Queen', Alex Haley's Roots Are Showing |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=170 |date=May 14, 1993 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911194430/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306562,00.html |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Late in Haley's life he had acquired a small farm in [[Clinton, Tennessee]], although at the time it had a [[Norris, Tennessee]] address. The farm is a few miles from the [[Museum of Appalachia]], and Haley lived there until his death. After he died, the property was sold to the [[Children's Defense Fund]] (CDF), which calls it the Alex Haley Farm. The nonprofit organization uses the farm as a national training center and retreat site. An abandoned [[barn]] on the farm property was rebuilt as a traditional [[cantilever]]ed barn, using a design by architect [[Maya Lin]]. The building now serves as a library for the CDF.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20061120080316/http://www.museumofappalachia.com/Newsletter%20June%202006.pdf Museum staff members visit Alex Haley Farm]", ''Museum of Appalachia Newsletter'', June 2006.</ref>