{"id":30786,"date":"2025-07-16T15:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30786"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:25:23","slug":"the-kennedy-curse-a-look-back-at-the-kennedy-family-tragedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30786","title":{"rendered":"The Kennedy Curse: A Look Back at the Kennedy Family Tragedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-300\">Is the &#8216;Kennedy Curse&#8217; Real? A Look Back at the Tragic History of America&#8217;s Political Dynasty<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">The political dynasty has suffered multiple misfortunes over the decades, including the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. on July 16, 1999<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30787\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-300x297.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-300x297.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-1024x1013.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-768x760.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c-1536x1520.webp 1536w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/MOG7A9GQDdBVaDW_P_0PpnNHa0M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(994x168:996x170)\/_john-f-kennedy-son-split-071525-80af235bc4a34384891affac32fa1c94.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"President John F. Kennedy poses for a portrait in the White House on December 16, 1962 Washington DC ; John Kennedy Junior attends a meeting for senatorial elections, circa 1994.\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">President John F. Kennedy poses for a portrait in the White House on December 16, 1962 Washington DC ; John Kennedy Junior attends a meeting for senatorial elections, circa 1994.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :<\/span><\/span>CBS Photo Archive\/Getty ; Brooks Kraft LLC\/Sygma via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"list-sc_1-0\" class=\"comp list-sc mntl-block article-content list\">\n<div id=\"mntl-article-intro_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-intro mntl-block article-content__description\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>July 16 marks 26 years since the death of John F. Kennedy Jr.<\/li>\n<li>The so-called &#8220;Kennedy curse,&#8221; goes back decades, beginning with Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., who was killed in a plane crash<\/li>\n<li>Ted Kennedy came up with the concept of the curse after the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On July 16, 1999, the world was reminded of the &#8220;Kennedy curse&#8221; when <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy-jr\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">John F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> died in a plane crash.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The death of the former president&#8217;s son, which the NTSB attributed to &#8220;pilot error,&#8221; was a tragic loss, another misfortune for the American political dynasty \u2014 prompting some to say he&#8217;d been reckless, and others to say the &#8220;Kennedy curse&#8221; was real.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The inexplicable &#8220;curse,&#8221; was long cited as the reason for the premature deaths, the two assassinations and the multiple fatal disasters that have befallen so many of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/untold-story-of-rosemary-kennedy-and-her-disastrous-lobotomy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy<\/a>\u2019s descendants and those around them. As grim as it sounds, the so-called curse was first mentioned by a certain Kennedy who may have unwittingly uttered its name into existence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/kennedys-curse-sometimes-wondered-if-it-could-be-true\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Generally, they did not believe in the curse<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Kennedy Heirs<\/em> author <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jackie-kennedy-book-secretly-burned-letters-photos-exclusive-excerpt-7550313\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">J. Randy Taraborrelli<\/a> told PEOPLE of the family in May 2019. \u201cIt was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/ted-kennedy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Ted Kennedy<\/a> who came up with the concept of the curse after <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/people-explains-all-about-chappaquiddick-the-shocking-kennedy-scandal-that-left-one-woman-dead\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\">Chappaquiddick<\/a>, when he was giving his public address \u2014 and said he wondered if perhaps that explained the terrible things that had happened to the family, including <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/52-years-after-chappaquiddick-mary-jo-kopechne-family-speaks\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"5\">the death of Mary Jo Kopechne<\/a>. And after that, the Kennedy curse became this sort of wide-ranging explanation for a lot of things that were happening. But when things got rough for them, I think they slipped into wondering if maybe there really was some kind of curse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The curse: Is it fact or fiction? Here&#8217;s a look back at some of the tragedies that have befallen the Kennedy family over the past several decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc__content_1-0\" class=\"comp list-sc__content mntl-sc-page mntl-block\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_1-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">01<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-joseph-p-kennedy-jr-1944\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 1944 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-square figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 98.9%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30788\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3.webp 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KW2zqfqhCaXmtirYCOSvWeZ5qBY=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(753x652:755x654)\/kennedys-4-d9d43b8d96b04d8fbbd9bc0358a3316c.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1781\" alt=\"Joe Kennedy Jr.\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Joe Kennedy Jr.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Bettmann\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Aug. 12, 1944, while serving in the United States Navy during World War II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/learn\/about-jfk\/the-kennedy-family\/joseph-p-kennedy-jr\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> was killed in a plane crash during a secret mission. Joseph Sr. and Rose&#8217;s eldest child, and President <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>&#8216;s brother, was 29 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_2-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">02<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-kathleen-kennedy-1948\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Kathleen Kennedy, 1948 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 150.0%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30789\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1gbgh0SIuHg5cTLNtEKDUY9UaxU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(742x259:744x261)\/kennedys-3-2000-802a3629c03e46e59f9bea8a2975a6d3.jpg\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"Kathleen Kennedy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Kathleen Kennedy.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Horace Abrahams\/Keystone\/Hulton Archive\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Four years later, Joseph Sr. and Rose lost another child, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/books\/the-untold-story-of-kick-kennedy-who-died-in-plane-crash-with-her-married-lover\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Kathleen Kennedy<\/a>. Also known as &#8220;Kick&#8221; Kennedy, she died in a plane crash on May 13, 1948, while on a flight from Paris to the French Riviera. She was 28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed mm-ads-gpt-adunit has-right-label leaderboard js-lazy-ad gpt leaderboard dynamic\">\n<div id=\"leaderboard-fixed\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"leaderboard\" data-pos=\"atf\" data-priority=\"99\" data-sizes=\"[[728, 90]]\" data-rtb=\"true\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_3-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">03<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-john-f-kennedy-1963\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> John F. Kennedy, 1963 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_3-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/O2oirnZVV1p1CBwPe6fsYUD7g6Q=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(649x317:651x319)\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6.jpg\" alt=\"John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and John Connally smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/O2oirnZVV1p1CBwPe6fsYUD7g6Q=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(649x317:651x319)\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/O2oirnZVV1p1CBwPe6fsYUD7g6Q=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(649x317:651x319)\/john-f-kennedy-jacqueline-kennedy-dallas-motorcade-november-1963-071525-3a262cf347564a77a272aa2d36683bc6.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and John Connally smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally and others in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963.<\/span>Bettmann Archive\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">President Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/john-f-kennedy-assassination-what-to-know-8363220\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">was assassinated in Dallas<\/a> on Nov. 22, 1963. JFK was riding in the presidential motorcade alongside his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jackie-kennedy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis<\/a>; Texas Gov. John Connally; and Connally&#8217;s wife, Nellie, when Lee Harvey Oswald fatally shot him. The 35th president of the United States was 46 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"3\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_4-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">04<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-robert-f-kennedy-1968\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 59.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_4-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/M-6ixPpak5at3peTUDtXEdxcaPw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(691x219:693x221)\/Robert-F-Kennedy-2d933c7fd6f24e409a33f1313b93eb5a.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Kennedy poses for a portrait in his Justice Department office circa 1964 in Washington, DC. \" width=\"1500\" height=\"891\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/M-6ixPpak5at3peTUDtXEdxcaPw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(691x219:693x221)\/Robert-F-Kennedy-2d933c7fd6f24e409a33f1313b93eb5a.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/M-6ixPpak5at3peTUDtXEdxcaPw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(691x219:693x221)\/Robert-F-Kennedy-2d933c7fd6f24e409a33f1313b93eb5a.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"891\" alt=\"Robert Kennedy poses for a portrait in his Justice Department office circa 1964 in Washington, DC. \" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Five years later, on June 5, 1968, JFK&#8217;s brother <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/robert-kennedy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Robert F. Kennedy<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ethel-kennedy-rose-rfk-grave-50th-anniversary-assassination\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">assassinated while on the presidential campaign trail<\/a>. The former senator and attorney general was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/busboy-cradled-robert-f-kennedy-reflects-final-moments\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">shot after giving a victory speech<\/a> at Los Angeles&#8217; Ambassador Hotel after winning the California primary. He was 42 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"4\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy_2-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed mm-ads-gpt-adunit has-right-label leaderboard js-lazy-ad gpt leaderboard dynamic\">\n<div id=\"leaderboard-fixed\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"leaderboard\" data-pos=\"atf\" data-priority=\"99\" data-sizes=\"[[728, 90]]\" data-rtb=\"true\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_5-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">05<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-ted-kennedy-and-the-chappaquiddick-incident-1969\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident, 1969 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_5-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xvf6-qFFVYHaKXnKpEmdEsMSZpE=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(943x584:945x586)\/kennedys-1-2000-6ae3d0fbd2c24b89a816c4f4a7aa645f.jpg\" alt=\"Ted Kennedy wears a neck brace as he and Ethel Kennedy leave St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania after a Requiem Mass for Mary Jo Kopechne on July 22, 1969. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xvf6-qFFVYHaKXnKpEmdEsMSZpE=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(943x584:945x586)\/kennedys-1-2000-6ae3d0fbd2c24b89a816c4f4a7aa645f.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xvf6-qFFVYHaKXnKpEmdEsMSZpE=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(943x584:945x586)\/kennedys-1-2000-6ae3d0fbd2c24b89a816c4f4a7aa645f.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Ted Kennedy wears a neck brace as he and Ethel Kennedy leave St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania after a Requiem Mass for Mary Jo Kopechne on July 22, 1969. \" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Stan Wolfson\/Newsday RM via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On July 18, 1969, Ted <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/paul-markham-dead-chappaquiddick-witness-ted-kennedy-friend-89\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">drove his car off a bridge<\/a> on Chappaquiddick Island in Edgartown, Mass., killing 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, who was trapped inside. According to Ted, he and his cousin Joe Gargan and friend Paul Markham attempted to save Kopechne. Ted <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/cover-up-podcast-what-to-know-chappaquiddick-scandal\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">did not report Kopechne&#8217;s death<\/a> until 10 hours after the accident.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/cover-up-podcast-how-to-listen-chappaquiddick-kennedy-scandal\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s <em>Cover-Up<\/em> podcast<\/a> explored unanswered questions about that fateful evening and featured interviews with Kopechne\u2019s cousin (and only living relative) and dozens of others involved in the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"5\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_6-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">06<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-david-kennedy-1984\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> David Kennedy, 1984 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 140.2%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_6-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/H_H1pNDS7qbdzw1BE59ALjEpYLU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(635x992:637x994)\/david-anthony-kennedy-412553bd34ab46d9a7177a29868a1809.jpg\" alt=\"David Anthony Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention, New York, New York, July 15, 1976.\" width=\"1426\" height=\"2000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/H_H1pNDS7qbdzw1BE59ALjEpYLU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(635x992:637x994)\/david-anthony-kennedy-412553bd34ab46d9a7177a29868a1809.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/H_H1pNDS7qbdzw1BE59ALjEpYLU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(635x992:637x994)\/david-anthony-kennedy-412553bd34ab46d9a7177a29868a1809.jpg\" width=\"1426\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"David Anthony Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention, New York, New York, July 15, 1976.\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">David Anthony Kennedy.<\/span>Brownie Harris\/Corbis\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The son of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/christopher-lawford-sobriety-david-kennedy-fatal-drug-overdose\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">David Kennedy<\/a> died on April 25, 1984, of a drug overdose in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 28 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"6\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy_3-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed mm-ads-gpt-adunit has-right-label leaderboard js-lazy-ad gpt leaderboard dynamic\">\n<div id=\"leaderboard-fixed\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"leaderboard\" data-pos=\"atf\" data-priority=\"99\" data-sizes=\"[[728, 90]]\" data-rtb=\"true\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_7-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">07<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-michael-kennedy-1997\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Michael Kennedy, 1997 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 161.2%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_7-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/9dbaGHgby0v4mY1vEAGxx7Ta0h4=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(484x569:486x571)\/michael-kennedy-old-gringo-premiere-1989-071525-c9d1703458764c21b36d9743b6aa47a0.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Kennedy\" width=\"930\" height=\"1500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/9dbaGHgby0v4mY1vEAGxx7Ta0h4=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(484x569:486x571)\/michael-kennedy-old-gringo-premiere-1989-071525-c9d1703458764c21b36d9743b6aa47a0.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/9dbaGHgby0v4mY1vEAGxx7Ta0h4=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(484x569:486x571)\/michael-kennedy-old-gringo-premiere-1989-071525-c9d1703458764c21b36d9743b6aa47a0.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Michael Kennedy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Michael Kennedy.<\/span>Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In 1997, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ethel-kennedy-was-paralyzed-with-grief-after-son-michaels-death\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Michael Kennedy<\/a>, son of Robert and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ethel-kennedy-turns-94-family-celebrates\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Ethel Kennedy<\/a>, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/national\/longterm\/kennedy\/kennedy.htm?noredirect=on\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">killed in a skiing accident<\/a> in Aspen, Colo., on New Year&#8217;s Eve. He was 39 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"7\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_8-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">08<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-1999\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 1999 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-square figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 86.3%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_8-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KETtwcXswfROkbwV5vvMhP3DtXw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(979x465:981x467)\/jfk-1-758eda0c001542ff9c6a6e6a4ea4ea72.jpg\" alt=\"JFK JR. and Carolyn\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1726\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KETtwcXswfROkbwV5vvMhP3DtXw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(979x465:981x467)\/jfk-1-758eda0c001542ff9c6a6e6a4ea4ea72.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/KETtwcXswfROkbwV5vvMhP3DtXw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(979x465:981x467)\/jfk-1-758eda0c001542ff9c6a6e6a4ea4ea72.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1726\" alt=\"JFK JR. and Carolyn\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in 1999.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Justin Ide\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/john-f-kennedy-jr-death-what-to-know-7560877\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">died in a plane crash<\/a> off of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard alongside his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cbk-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-life-fashion-book-excerpt-exclusive-8391164\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Carolyn Bessette<\/a>, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette. JFK Jr. was piloting the plane at the time of the crash. The president&#8217;s son was 38.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"8\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy_4-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed mm-ads-gpt-adunit has-right-label leaderboard js-lazy-ad gpt leaderboard dynamic\">\n<div id=\"leaderboard-fixed\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"leaderboard\" data-pos=\"atf\" data-priority=\"99\" data-sizes=\"[[728, 90]]\" data-rtb=\"true\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_9-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">09<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-mary-kennedy-2012\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Mary Kennedy, 2012 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 133.3%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_9-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/lioBm590iO1nDpZVD86NYjHBrOk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(722x812:724x814)\/kennedys-5-2000-e41169979c264ebd9b737203d024f02e.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Richardson Kennedy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/lioBm590iO1nDpZVD86NYjHBrOk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(722x812:724x814)\/kennedys-5-2000-e41169979c264ebd9b737203d024f02e.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/lioBm590iO1nDpZVD86NYjHBrOk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(722x812:724x814)\/kennedys-5-2000-e41169979c264ebd9b737203d024f02e.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"Mary Richardson Kennedy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Mary Richardson Kennedy.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Michael N. Todaro\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The estranged wife of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/robert-kennedy-jr\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/mary-kennedy-suicide-police-reports-released\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Mary Richardson Kennedy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/archive\/cover-story-what-drove-her-to-suicide-mary-kennedy-1959-2012-vol-77-no-23\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">died by suicide<\/a> on May 16, 2012. Her body was found in a barn behind her Bedford, N.Y., property. She was 52 years old and amid a divorce and custody battle at the time of her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"9\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_10-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">10<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-saoirse-kennedy-hill-2019\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 2019 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 164.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_10-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ijROmO1gO4fBTuzwezdxZQnPDkA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(536x622:538x624)\/Saoirse-Roisin-Kennedy-Hill-071525-3bbd3d18655f41e79d2bd57d321a7d9b.jpg\" alt=\"Funeral program for Saoirse Roisin Kennedy Hill at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts, USA, 05 August 2019.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1978\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ijROmO1gO4fBTuzwezdxZQnPDkA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(536x622:538x624)\/Saoirse-Roisin-Kennedy-Hill-071525-3bbd3d18655f41e79d2bd57d321a7d9b.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ijROmO1gO4fBTuzwezdxZQnPDkA=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(536x622:538x624)\/Saoirse-Roisin-Kennedy-Hill-071525-3bbd3d18655f41e79d2bd57d321a7d9b.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1978\" alt=\"Funeral program for Saoirse Roisin Kennedy Hill at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts, USA, 05 August 2019.\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Funeral program for Saoirse Roisin Kennedy Hill.<\/span>DAVID L RYAN\/THE BOSTON GLOBE\/POOL\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Aug. 1, 2019, Robert and Ethel&#8217;s granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill was found dead at her family&#8217;s Massachusetts estate. Aged 22, her <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/saoirse-kennedy-hill-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">cause of death was an accidental overdose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The family confirmed the news in a statement: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/woman-found-dead-suspected-overdose-kennedy-compound\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Our hearts are shattered<\/a> by the loss of our beloved Saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise and love. She cared deeply about friends and family, especially her mother, Courtney; her father, Paul; her stepmother, Stephanie; and her grandmother, Ethel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"10\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy_5-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed-lazy mm-ads-leaderboard-fixed mm-ads-gpt-adunit has-right-label leaderboard js-lazy-ad gpt leaderboard dynamic\">\n<div id=\"leaderboard-fixed\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"leaderboard\" data-pos=\"atf\" data-priority=\"99\" data-sizes=\"[[728, 90]]\" data-rtb=\"true\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"list-sc-item_11-0\" class=\"comp list-sc-item mntl-block mntl-sc-list-item \">\n<div id=\"mntl-list-marker_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-list-marker mntl-list-marker--numbers\">\n<div class=\"content-list-number\"><span class=\"content-list-number__item-number text-title-200-moderate\">11<\/span> <span class=\"content-list-number__total text-utility-100\">of 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"toc-maeve-kennedy-townsend-mckean-2020\" class=\"heading-toc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-list-item-title\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 2020 <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 125.5%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_11-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/bsdSdtqKVfM0mwTO9mBEN8aQRY0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x384:601x386)\/maeve-kennedy-mckean-1-151f21e5f03545d8828a9e95f2281828.jpg\" alt=\"Maeve Kennedy Townsend Mckean\" width=\"1195\" height=\"1500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/bsdSdtqKVfM0mwTO9mBEN8aQRY0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x384:601x386)\/maeve-kennedy-mckean-1-151f21e5f03545d8828a9e95f2281828.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/bsdSdtqKVfM0mwTO9mBEN8aQRY0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x384:601x386)\/maeve-kennedy-mckean-1-151f21e5f03545d8828a9e95f2281828.jpg\" width=\"1195\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Maeve Kennedy Townsend Mckean\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">David and Maeve McKean and their family in December 2019.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Mike Pont\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">RFK&#8217;s granddaughter Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her young son, Gideon, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/maeve-kennedy-townsend-mckean-son-gideon-missing-canoe-accident\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">went missing<\/a>, according to her husband, David McKean, after a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/how-maeve-kennedy-mckean-canoe-accident-unfolded\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">canoeing accident<\/a> in Chesapeake Bay on April 2, 2020.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">David <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/member-of-kennedy-family-and-her-son-identified-as-missing-boaters-in-chesapeake-bay\/2020\/04\/03\/e0cfc9e2-75b4-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">told <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/member-of-kennedy-family-and-her-son-identified-as-missing-boaters-in-chesapeake-bay\/2020\/04\/03\/e0cfc9e2-75b4-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">The Washington Post<\/a> <\/em>that Maeve and Gideon had &#8220;popped into a canoe&#8221; to go and retrieve a ball that had landed in the water while their family was visiting at her mom&#8217;s waterfront property in Shady Side, Md.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Maryland authorities confirmed in a statement that a 40-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy went missing from that same location after they &#8220;appeared to be overtaken by the strong winds&#8221; while canoeing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;They just got farther out than they could handle and couldn&#8217;t get back in,&#8221; David told the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_45-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On April 6, Maeve\u2019s body <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/body-kennedy-granddaughter-found-days-after-missing-canoe-accident\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">was recovered<\/a> about 2.5 miles away from the Shady Side property; Gideon\u2019s was <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/gideon-mckean-body-found-after-canoe-accident\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">discovered two days later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-adslot_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\" data-item-index=\"11\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-outro_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-outro mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"people-taglines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-taglines mntl-taglines text-utility-200\">\n<div id=\"mntl-taglines__group_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-taglines__group mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-taglines__item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-taglines__item mntl-attribution__item \"><span class=\"mntl-attribution__item-descriptor\">Updated by<\/span><\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Paris C. is a full-time editor based in Michigan with 12+ years of experience writing and editing entertainment, celebrity, and music news and features.\" 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