The people who love basketball know the name of the late Bill Russell because he was not only a basketball player but also a legend. Rose Swisher was a model and photographer also, and she was born on December 27, 1936. And she died on September 11, 2014, so according to calculation, she lived 78 years in this world. Rose Swisher was a model, but she was not too famous, but after her marriage to Bill Russell, she appeared on social media and became a renowned lady due to her husband.
However, after the divorce, she disappears from social media, and only some people know about her. Bill Russell has gained a lot of fame in the name of the NBA player. And he was known as a popular player in Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1959. We will highlight much information about this famous couple in this article.
Basic information about Rose Swisher
Rose Swisher got famous by marriage Bill Russell and she was the first wife of Bill Russell. She died at the age of 78, while she was born in 1936 and died in 2014. No one knows about the exact birthplace of Rose Swisher, but she was born in the USA and got about all rights of being a citizen of the USA. It is amazing that she was the wife of a famous basketball player in the NBA, but she mostly disappeared from social media. And if we talk about her popularity, then it was only due to being the wife of Bill Russell. No one knows about their parents, siblings and the background of her life, so it looks that the profile of Rose Swisher is nothing, but she got some fame due to her marriage with Bill Russell.
As no one knows about the birthplace of Rose Swisher, it is not available on social media where she spent her early life. But according to her education, she graduated in Nursing from the University of San Francisco. Before their marriage to Bill Russell, she was known as a model and photographer but was not too famous. So it is about the limited record of her life on social media.
Married life of Rose Swisher and Bill Russell

Rose Swisher was the first wife of Bill Russell, and they spent about 17 years of their married life with each other. According to sources, both love each other’s at the University of San Francisco and these days, Rose Swisher is a student of Nursing. At the same time, Bill Russell is a student in physical education. They hid their relationship and shown to their families and close friends at a marriage ceremony in 1956.
After being a couple, they loved each other more than before marriage and spent about 17 years with each other further. However, in 1973, they decided to live separately from each other’s, and no one knew the reason for their divorce. Both couples have three children, and Bill Russell pays Rose Swisher for the children because Court decided to take complete custody of the children to Rose Swisher.
Children of Rose Swisher and Bill Russell

In the 17 years of their marriage, both were blessed with 3 children, two sons and one daughter. William Fenton Russell was the first son of this couple, born after one year of marriage in 1957. There is no record available about their first son, but it is confirmed that he died in 2016 at the age of 59 years. At the same time, the death reason of his was cancer. He worked as a truck driver at Cox Trucking for many years. However, no more record is available about William Fenton Russell. The second son’s name is Jacob Russell, born on July 6, 1959. There is no record public about his occupation, but he lives in Washington State with his wife, Sara Mackx, and this couple has only two children.
The third child of Rose Swisher and Bill Russell is their daughter Karen Russell that was born on July 20 1962. Karen Russell’s brothers passed, but she lives now and works as a legal and political analyst. She is also a writer and writes different blogs on a unique niche.
They love each other a lot, but unfortunately, they were divorced after living 17 years together. It was a very bad situation to live separately for this couple. However, after divorced, Bill Russell got married three times more. So this star of the NBA has four wives in his life.