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Ethel Kennedy Dies: Robert F. Kennedy’s Widow & Human Rights Advocate Was 96
One of the last surviving members of the original Camelot crowd, Ethel Kennedy went into the hospital after suffering a stroke last week
Having survived her husband by 56 years, the family matriarch went on to form the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights in the months following the then presidential candidate’s assassination in 1968. An active participant in JFK’s successful 1960 bid for the White House, Bobby’s 1964 Senator run, as well as other family campaigns, Ethel was an strong advocate for her her husband seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 1968. More than three months pregnant at the time Ethel was not with RFK celebrating his victory in the California primary on June 5, 1968 at the now demolished Ambassador Hotel in LA when her husband was fatally shot.
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