Ethel Kennedy dead at 96: Widow of former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies decades after husband’s assassination

ETHEL Kennedy, the widow of erstwhile New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, has died aft suffering a stroke.

Ethel died connected Thursday. She was 96 years old.

Ethel was hospitalized connected Tuesday aft suffering a changeable successful her sleep, her grandson, Former Democratic Representative of Massachusetts Ted Kennedy III said.

"She is comfortable, she is getting the champion attraction possible, and she is surrounded by family," helium said astatine the time.

"She is, arsenic you whitethorn know, a beardown pistillate who has led a remarkably fulfilling life.

"We are present looking aft her."

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Ethel's decease comes decades aft her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated successful Los Angeles connected June 6, 1968, successful the mediate of his statesmanlike run trail.

RFK, besides known arsenic Bobby Kennedy, addressed supporters astatine the Ambassador Hotel soon aft winning the California and South Dakota primaries.

After giving an impactful code and thanking his supporters, RFK proceeded to exit the edifice done a room passageway, lone to beryllium changeable by a 24-year-old Palestinian, Sirhan Sirhan.

Kennedy was changeable 3 times, including erstwhile successful the backmost of the head. Five others were wounded, including his run labour chair.

RFK died from his injuries connected June 6, 1968, astatine property 42. He was 3 months into his statesmanlike campaign.

The sidesplitting of RFK came astir 5 years aft the assassination of his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, successful Dallas connected November 22, 1963.

Ethel Kennedy became a widow astatine property 40, having to attraction for her 11 children.

Born connected April 11, 1928, Ethel and her siblings were raised successful Greenwich, Connecticut.

Her household suffered a devastating calamity erstwhile her parents, George Skakel and Ann Brannack, died successful a level clang successful 1955.

She began her assemblage acquisition astatine Manhattanville College, wherever she met her eventual sister-in-law, Jean Kennedy.

Ethel archetypal met Robert F. Kennedy successful December 1945.

The mates became engaged successful February 1950 and joined 4 months aboriginal successful Greenwich.

The Kennedy household was nary alien to politics.

Patriarch Joe Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, was a starring subordinate of the Democratic Party and served arsenic president of the US Maritime Commission nether Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

Robert F. Kennedy was brought into the spotlight successful the precocious 1950s arsenic a razor-sharp lawyer who declared warfare connected organized transgression successful the US.

He famously squared disconnected with Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee betwixt 1957 and 1959.

RFK stepped down arsenic main counsel of the rackets committee to articulation his member JFK's statesmanlike campaign.

After winning the election, JFK appointed his younger member arsenic US lawyer wide contempt having nary governmental experience.

RFK continued his relentless onslaught connected organized transgression arsenic lawyer wide and helmed palmy convictions against salient mob figures,

After his brother's assassination successful 1963, RFK resigned arsenic lawyer wide and ran for the US Senate from New York.

As New York's Senator, RFK was committed to assisting underprivileged children and students with disabilities, improving surviving conditions, and creating employment opportunities.

RFK was besides dedicated to advancing quality rights abroad, a extremity Ethel Kennedy carried and continued to exemplify years aft her husband's assassination successful June 1968.

On the heels of her husband's assassination, Ethel founded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization.

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