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Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, dies aged 42

Kennedy taught in New York public schools and advocated for disability rights after suffering severe spinal cord injury Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of…

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The Guardian reports: Kennedy taught in New York public schools and advocated for disability rights after suffering severe spinal cord injury Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, has died at the age of 42.

Kyle, the daughter of Michael Kennedy, who died in 1997, and Victoria Gifford Kennedy, “passed away peacefully” on 21 September at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, according to her obituary published by Burke Funeral Homes.

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United States · Americas
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Kyle Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, York, Ethel Kennedy
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