Ethel Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy (née Skakel; April 11, 1928 – October 10, 2024) was an American activist and politician. She was the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. She had eleven children together; including Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Christopher G. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II and Rory Kennedy.
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| Born | Ethel Skakel April 11, 1928 |
| Died | October 10, 2024 (aged 96) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Manhattanville College (BA) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Relatives | Kennedy family |
Skakel was born on April 11, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. She studied at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in 1945.
Skakel met Robert while he was dating her sister. On June 17, 1950, Robert and Ethel married in Greenwich, Connecticut. They had eleven children. Two of their children died.
In 1968, shortly after her husband's assassination, Kennedy founded the non-profit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
Kennedy supported Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign.[1]
On October 3, 2024, Kennedy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke in her sleep.[2] She died one week later on October 10, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 96.[3]
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Robert and Ethel Kennedy in 1968
Joan Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy and Ted Kennedy in December 1968
Wash D.C. Kennedy center December 3, 2000
President Joe Biden with Kennedy's coffin at her funeral, October 2024
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References
- ↑ "Ethel Kennedy Endorses Barack Obama". Barackobama.com. 2008-02-02. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ↑ Sarnoff, Elsa (October 8, 2024). Ethel Kennedy hospitalized after suffering stroke, family says. ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/US/ethel-kennedy-hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-family/story?id=114624612. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ↑ Siemaszko, Corky (October 10, 2024). "Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of the famous family, dies at 96". NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/ethel-kennedy-dies-96-rcna102978. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
Other websites
- Ethel Kennedy on IMDb
- American Experience: RFK People & Events Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine—From PBS
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