{"id":2353229,"date":"2024-10-10T13:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethel-kennedy-family-matriarch-dies-at-96\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:42:09","slug":"ethel-kennedy-family-matriarch-dies-at-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethel-kennedy-family-matriarch-dies-at-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethel Kennedy, Family Matriarch, Dies at 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fethel-kennedy-family-matriarch-dies-at-96%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ethel Kennedy, \u2062the widow of Senator\u2062 Robert \u2063F. Kennedy, passed away at the age of 96 due \u2063to complications from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allen-west-the-playground-of-incompetents\/\" title=\"Allen West: The Playground of Incompetents\">stroke suffered<\/a>\u2062 a week earlier. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-releases-womens-rights-activist-family-says-its-not-yet-freedom\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabia Releases Women\u2019s Rights Activist; Family Says It\u2019s Not Yet \u2018Freedom\u2019\">family announced<\/a> her death, highlighting her dedication to social justice and her role as a loving matriarch, leaving behind nine children, 34\u2064 grandchildren,\u200c and 24 great-great-grandchildren. Ethel endured immense personal tragedy throughout \u200cher life, having lost many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-approves-executive-order-for-sanctions-on-myanmar-officials-in-response-to-military-coup\/\" title=\"Biden Approves Executive Order For Sanctions On Myanmar Officials In Response To Military Coup\">close family members<\/a>, including her husband, who was assassinated \u2062in 1968, as well as her\u2062 parents, brothers, and even her\u200b grandchildren. Despite these hardships, \u200cshe found strength through faith\u200b and family. \u2064Ethel Kennedy \u200dwas remembered fondly by others, including Harry Belafonte, who admired her\u200b commitment to their causes. Her \u2062family&#8217;s statement emphasized their love for her and the solace they find in knowing she has reunited with her loved ones in \u200bdeath.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes, died on Thursday, her family said. She was 96.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy had been hospitalized after suffering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/queen-guitarist-brian-may-suffers-stroke-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stroke<\/a> in her sleep on Oct. 3, her family said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our amazing grandmother,&rdquo; Joe Kennedy III posted on X. &ldquo;She died this morning from complications related to a stroke suffered last week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Along with a lifetime&rsquo;s work in social justice and human rights, our mother leaves behind nine children, 34 grandchildren and 24 great-great grandchildren along with numerous nieces and nephews, all of whom love her dearly,&rdquo; the family statement said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our amazing grandmother, Ethel Kennedy. She died this morning from complications related to a stroke suffered last week. Along with a lifetime&rsquo;s work in social justice and human rights, our mother leaves behind&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekennedy\/status\/1844396302886424963?\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Her family said she had recently enjoyed seeing many of her relatives, before falling ill.<\/p>\n<p>A millionaire&rsquo;s daughter who married the future senator and attorney general in 1950, Ethel Kennedy had endured more death by the age of 40, for the whole world to see, than most would in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>She was by Robert F. Kennedy&rsquo;s side when he was fatally shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, just after winning the Democratic presidential primary in California. Her brother-in-law, President John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated in Dallas less than five years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents were killed in a plane crash in 1955, and her brother died in a 1966 crash. Her son David Kennedy later died of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">drug overdose<\/a>, son Michael Kennedy in a skiing accident and nephew John F. Kennedy Jr. in a plane crash.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, she was grieving again after granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill died of an apparent drug overdose.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One wonders how much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kennedy-family-put-blast-treating-rfk-jr-mark-totalitarian-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this famil<\/a>y must be expected to absorb,&rdquo; family friend Philip Johnson, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, told the Boston Herald after Michael Kennedy&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Kennedy sustained herself through her faith and devotion to family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant, and we are comforted in knowing she is reunited with the love of her life, our father, Robert. F. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-cuts-off-rfk-jr-s-speech-moment-drops-truth-bomb-kamala-harris-sparks-response-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy<\/a>; her children David and Michael; her daughter-in-law Mary; her grandchildren Maeve and Saorise and her great-grandchildren Gideon and Josie. Please keep our mother in your hearts and prayers,&rdquo; the family statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of all the Kennedy women, she was the one I would end up admiring the most,&rdquo; Harry Belafonte would write of her. &ldquo;She wasn&rsquo;t playacting. She looked at you and immediately got what you were about. Often in the coming years, when Bobby was balking at something we wanted him to do for the movement, I&rsquo;d take my case to Ethel. &lsquo;We have to talk to him,&rsquo; she&rsquo;d say, and she would.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Robert F. Kennedy and mother to their 11 children, passed away on Thursday at the age of 96, as confirmed by her family. She had been hospitalized following a stroke she experienced in her sleep on October 3. Joe Kennedy III shared the news on X, stating, \u201cWith heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our wonderful grandmother.\u201d The family noted that Ethel leaves behind a legacy of social justice work along with nine children, 34 grandchildren, and 24 great-great-grandchildren who cherished her deeply. They mentioned that she had recently enjoyed time with relatives before falling ill.<\/p>\n<p>Ethel married Robert F. Kennedy in 1950 and faced immense tragedy throughout her life; she was present when he was assassinated in June 1968 shortly after winning the Democratic primary in California. Her brother-in-law John F. Kennedy was killed less than five years earlier; both her parents died in a plane crash in 1955 and one brother also perished in an accident years later. Tragically, several family members died young or under tragic circumstances including her son David from an overdose and Michael from a skiing accident.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these hardships, Ethel found strength through faith and family devotion: \u201cShe was a devout Catholic,\u201d said the family statement expressing comfort knowing she is reunited with loved ones who have passed away before her.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Belafonte once remarked about Ethel&#8217;s authenticity and influence within the Kennedy movement: \u201cOf all the Kennedy women, she was the one I would end up admiring most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2353230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/a17e0ff51e26411da613109d8653a737-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42739,6499,42737,42738],"class_list":["post-2353229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-96-years-old","tag-death","tag-ethel-kennedy","tag-family-matriarch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/a17e0ff51e26411da613109d8653a737-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}