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Ethel Kennedy (Skakel)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Death: October 10, 2024 (96)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Skakel and Ann Skakel
Wife of Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General
Mother of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Joseph P. Kennedy II; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; David Anthony Kennedy; Private and 7 others
Sister of Georgeann Terrien; James Curtis Skakel, III; George Jordan Skakel, Jr.; Rushton Walter Skakel, Sr; Patricia Sistine Cuffe and 3 others

Occupation: Mother
Managed by: Elie Farah
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About Ethel Kennedy

Ethel Kennedy (née Skakel /ˈskeɪ.kəl/ SKAY-kel; (April 11, 1928 – October 10, 2024) was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy, and the sixth child of George and Ann Skakel (née Brannack). Shortly after her husband's assassination in 1968, Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, a non-profit charity working to reach his goal of a just and peaceful world. In 2014, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

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Ethel Kennedy's Timeline

1928
April 11, 1928
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1951
July 4, 1951
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1952
September 24, 1952
Brighton, Boston, MA, USA
1954
January 17, 1954
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
1955
June 15, 1955
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
1958
February 27, 1958
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
1959
September 8, 1959
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
1963
July 4, 1963
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States