Ethel Kennedy is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2014. Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters
Ethel Kennedy, a long-time human rights advocate who endured a series of tragedies that included the assassination of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, and the untimely deaths of two of their 11 children, died on Thursday at the age of 96, her grandson Joseph Kennedy III said in a social media post.
“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,” Kennedy said in a post on X.
