Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy and devout Catholic, dies at 96

[Michie]

Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and a mainstay in American politics for decades, died on Thursday at age 96, her family said on Thursday.

Kennedy passed away in her sleep on Thursday morning due to “complications related to a stroke [she] suffered last week,” according to a statement on behalf of the Kennedy family posted on X by her grandson Joe Kennedy III.

“She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant,” the statement reads, adding: “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.”

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Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy and devout Catholic, dies

“She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant,” a family statement said.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

 

[chevyontheriver]

Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and a mainstay in American politics for decades, died on Thursday at age 96, her family said on Thursday.

Kennedy passed away in her sleep on Thursday morning due to “complications related to a stroke [she] suffered last week,” according to a statement on behalf of the Kennedy family posted on X by her grandson Joe Kennedy III.

“She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant,” the statement reads, adding: “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.”

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Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy and devout Catholic, dies

“She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant,” a family statement said.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

She was the best of the bunch, along with Sargent Schriver.

 

[RileyG]

May she rest in the peace of Christ.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

She was the best of the bunch, along with Sargent Schriver.

She was indeed.

Of all of old Joe's kids the only one who really understood the responsibility of wealth and the greatness of public service and that one was Robert.

His son should be jack slapped.

 

[chevyontheriver]

She was indeed.

Of all of old Joe's kids the only one who really understood the responsibility of wealth and the greatness of public service and that one was Robert.

Exactly. He was the best part of the JFK administration IMHO. And she was his better half by a mile.

His son should be jack slapped.

No comment there. Wasn't gonna vote for him though.