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Kennedy Family Tragedies
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.: Son of Joseph and wife, Rose. Killed in plane crash in 1944 during World War II at age 29.
Rosemary Kennedy: Daughter of Joseph and Rose. Institutionalized since 1941 because of retardation and failed lobotomy.
Kathleen Kennedy: Daughter of Joseph and Rose. Died in plane crash in 1948. She was 28.
John F. Kennedy: Son of Joseph and Rose, 35th president. Assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. He was 46.
JFK's son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy: Born prematurely to president and wife Jacqueline in 1963, died three months before father's assassination.
Robert F. Kennedy: President's brother, assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. He was 42.
Son David: Died in 1984 of a drug overdose in a hotel near family vacation home in Palm Beach, Fla.
Son Joseph: Involved in 1973 car accident that left a female passenger paralyzed for life.
Son Michael: Accused of having affair with his family's teen-age baby sitter. Killed Dec. 31, 1997 in a skiing accident at Aspen, Colo. He was 39.
Edward M. Kennedy: Brother of John and Robert, drove a car off a bridge on Massachusetts' Chappaquiddick Island on July, 18 1969, after a party. Aide Mary Jo Kopechne was later found dead in submerged car.
Son Edward Jr.: Right leg amputated in 1973 because of cancer.
Son Patrick: Now a congressman, sought treatment for cocaine addiction as a teen-ager in 1986.
Nephew William Kennedy Smith: Acquitted of rape in 1991 at the family's Palm Beach estate.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, 07/17/99
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