No famous family has been more beset by tragedy than the Kennedys – and this month they lost two more members in mysterious circumstances.
About 4pm local time last Thursday, kids had been kicking a ball around in the yard of a waterfront home in Maryland owned by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter.
On Friday, an overturned canoe was found and on Monday, Maeve’s body was discovered by authorities. Her son’s body was found by divers about 600 metres from his mother on Wednesday. Joseph and Rose’s oldest daughter Rosemary, had suffered from seizures and violent mood swings since birth. Less than two days after arriving in the world, Patrick died of infant respiratory distress syndrome.Source:Getty Images
In the run up to the 1968 Presidential election, Robert F. Kennedy was the front runner for the Democratic nomination. On June 5 of that year, as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles he was shot. After hosting a party for people who had worked for RFK, Ted lost control of his car as he crossed a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Also in the vehicle was Mary Jo Kopechne, a 28-year-old Democrat party campaign worker, who was trapped inside the car. Ted later said he had dived beneath the water seven or eight times but was unable to reach her. He only reported the accident the following morning after her body had been found.
In 1996, they wed secretly on a private island off the coast of Georgia in a bid to outmanoeuvre the paparazzi who stalked the glittering couple.By 1999, their marriage was reportedly floundering. Despite their troubles, she had agreed to join John at a family wedding on Martha’s Vineyard, flying with her sister Lauren in his small private plane.
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