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Ethel Kennedy Dead: Robert F. Kennedy’s Widow Dies at 96, Family Announces in Statement


Ethel Kennedy, the widow of late Robert F. Kennedy, has died at the age of 96 following complications from a stroke, her family confirmed in a statement.

She died “from complications related to a stroke suffered last week,” her daughter, Kerry Kennedy, said in a statement via X on Thursday, October 11. “She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant, and we are comforted in knowing she is reunited with the love of her life, our father, Robert F. Kennedy; her children David and Michael; her daughter-in-law Mary; her grandchildren Maeve and Saoirse; and her great-grandchildren Gideon and Josie,” the statement continued. As I told her about growing up with her husband’s picture as an ‘Apostle of Freedom,’ she could not have been more gracious as a widow, advocate & leader in her own right.

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