Ethel Kennedy Was Familiar With Tragedy Even Before The Assassination Of Her Husband
With all of the hurt and loss in her life, one would assume that there couldn't be much more. Unfortunately for Ethel, marrying into the Kennedy family became rather synonymous with adversity and woe. In addition to the loss of two of her sons, Ethel and the other Kennedys had more pain to endure.
In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr,. along with his wife and sister-in-law, perished in a plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts (per CNN). Robert's other brother, Ted Kennedy, who also served in the United States government, died in 2009 of a malignant brain tumor. Even more recently the Kennedy family suffered more loss with the death of Ethel's granddaughter, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, in 2019. In 2020, Ethel lost another granddaughter, Maeve McKean, and her great-grandson, Gideon, in a canoeing accident (per People).
In spite of all of the many tragic losses that she suffered, Ethel Kennedy still fought for the causes that her husband championed. She has contributed greatly to the Kennedy family legacy, and continues to serve as an inspiration.
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