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RFK Jr.'s wife hanged herself

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:39am

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. was found dead at her home in suburban New York.

Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years, hanged herself.

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In this 2008 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was 52. (AP Photo/Peter Michaelis)

RFK Jr.'s estranged wife led troubled life

Jim Fitzgerald The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 9:26am

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, just like other members of the famous political family she married into in 1994.

She was an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and was the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.

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Tim Shriver: 'Mom's' voice echoes in book planning

Russell Contreras The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 6:57pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Special Olympics CEO Tim Shriver believes there's a certain voice that is stalling his efforts to start his planned book about Special Olympics athletes: his mother's.

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(Associated Press file photo) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., smiles as he sits with daughter Kara Kennedy at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in May 2008. Kara, the oldest child of the senator who died Aug. 25, 2009, died Friday at a Washington-area health club, says brother Patrick Kennedy. The 51-year-old had battled lung cancer, which left her weakened, her brother says. “Her heart gave out. She’s with Dad.”

Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51 after workout

Andrew Miga, Jessica Gresko The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 6:12pm

WASHINGTON — Kara Kennedy became teary-eyed when she accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her ailing father at a 2009 White House ceremony, but she also managed to smile as Sen. Ted Kennedy’s life was honored. After the senator died two weeks later following a battle with brain cancer, his only daughter read a psalm at his funeral Mass in Boston. It was about peace and justice and caring for poor children.

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Jackie Kennedy (Katie Holmes) and John F. Kennedy (Greg Kinnear) share a happy moment with daughter Caroline in the miniseries “The Kennedys,” premiering tonight on ReelzChannel.

Embattled 'Kennedys' miniseries premieres

Neal Justin, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Last updated Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 2:14pm

As expected, the new miniseries "The Kennedys" trashes a beloved American icon, presenting him as a bumbling blowhard who withered under the mighty glare of Papa Joe.

But enough about Frank Sinatra.

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