Kennedy
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Kennedy might refer to:
A family name of Irish origin. There are many famous Kennedys.[1] However, the most famous Kennedys, even to those living in Ireland, are the Kennedys of Massachusetts. Those Kennedys include:
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.: Patriarch of the Kennedy clan. Probably involved with organized crime during Prohibition, but later parlayed his fortune into several government posts, including being US Ambassador to the UK.
- Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Kennedy: Daughter of a Massachusetts politician pushed her sons into politics.
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.: Oldest Kennedy child, kiled in a training accident during World War II. Was "supposed" to be president.
- John F. Kennedy: 35th President of the United States - aka, JFK.
- John F. Kennedy Jr: America's "Most Eligible Bachelor" until he got married, died in an airplane accident.
- Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg: US Ambassador to Japan.
- Patrick Bouvier Kennedy: Premature baby who died shortly after being born.
- Rosemary Kennedy: Possibly had bi-polar disorder but was lobotomized (as was standard practice in the 1940s) and lived her life incapacitated.
- Kathleen Cavendish (nee Kennedy): Married an English nobleman killed in an airplane accident in France in 1948.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Wife of Peace Corps founder. Later founded the Special Olympics in honor of her sister Rosemary.
- Maria Shriver: Journalist, married an actor who went on to become Governor of Kul-E-Forn-ya.
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford: Married actor Peter Lawford.
- Robert F. Kennedy: John's Attorney General, later a U.S. Senator representing New York - aka, RFK, assassinated while campaigning for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination.
- Robert Kennedy, Jr.: Robert's son, a lawyer specializing in product liability and environmental issues, and a co-host on the liberal talk radio program Ring of Fire.
- Jean Kennedy Smith: Former US Ambassador to Ireland.
- Edward "Ted" Kennedy: the youngest of Joseph Senior's sons and a long-serving U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Note that the plural is not spelled "Kennedies."