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HER LIFE ROBERT KENNEDY, WHO WAS

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ASSASSINATED 56 YEARS AGO.

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ETHEL NEVER REMARRIED.

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SHE IS BEING REMEMBERED AS THE

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MATRIARCH OF A DYNASTY.

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SHE JOINED THE FAMILY IN 1950

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WHEN SHE MARRIED ROBERT F.

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KENNEDY.

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TOGETHER, ETHEL AND BOBBY HAD 11

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KIDS.

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7 BOYS AND 4 GIRLS.

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PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS ETHEL WAS

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AN AMERICAN ICON.

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FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED

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HER A DEAR FRIEND WITH A PASSION

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FOR JUSTICE AND IRREPRESSIBLE

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SPIRIT AND A GREAT SENSE OF

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HUMOR.

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HIS ADMIRATION CLEAR TEN YEARS

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AGO WHEN ETHEL WAS AWARDED THE

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PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

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FOR HER LIFETIME OF PUBLIC

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SERVICE.

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>> THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING

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JUST AROUND THE CORNER THAT IF

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YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, IF YOU

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SPEAK OUT, YOU CAN CHANGE IT.

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>> ETHEL CONSOLED BOBBY IN 1963

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WHEN JFK WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

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BUT THE TRAGEDY DID NOT DISSUADE

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HER FOR ENCOURAGING HER HUSBAND

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TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1968, A

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CAMPAIGN THAT ENDED TRAGICALLY

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WHEN BOBBY WAS ASSASSINATED WITH

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ETHEL AT HIS SIDE, A MOMENT THAT

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WAS ALWAYS HARD TO TALK ABOUT.

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>> THERE IS THE DIFFICULT PART,

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BUT THEN THERE IS ALSO THE

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WONDERFUL PART, YOU KNOW, TO

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REMEMBER WHAT HE STOOD FOR.

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>> THAT LEGACY INSPIRED ETHEL TO

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START THE ROBERT F KENNEDY

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CENTER.

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A COUPLE YEARS LATER, SHE WAS

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ASKED ABOUT KEEPING THE KENNEDY

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NAME ALIVE IN POLITICS.

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>> WOULD YOU WANT THE CHILDREN

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TO GO INTO POLITICS?

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>> YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE

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WONDERFUL.

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>> YOU STILL HAVE THAT FEELING

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ABOUT THE WHOLE POLITICAL LIFE.

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>> I THINK IT IS THE WAY TO MAKE

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THE MOST EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION,

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YES, I DO.

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>> HER FAMILY LISTENED.

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KATHLEEN KENNEDY WAS LIEUTENANT

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GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.

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WHILE JOHN JOE JR. AND GRANDSON

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JOE III BOTH ELECTED TO

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CONGRESS.

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BUT MOST RECENTLY HER SON

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OUTRAGED THE FAMILY WHEN HE

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ENDED HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN AND

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ENDORSED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

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FOR ETHEL IT WAS A LIFE OF

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INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND

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TRAGEDY.

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HER PARENTS WERE KILLED IN A

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PLANE CRASH IN 1955.

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AND SHE LOST TWO SONS.

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DAVID IN A DRUG OVERDOSE.

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MICHAEL IN A SKIING ACCIDENT.

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YET, SHE REMAINED A POSITIVE

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FORCE, CEMENTING HER LEGACY,

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WHILE HONORING HER HUSBAND’S.

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>> HE REALLY FELT STRONGLY ABOUT

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THINGS, AND HE GOT INVOLVED WITH

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THEM.

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HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

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>> IN ADDITION TO HER KIDS,

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ETHEL KENNEDY LEAVING BEHIND 34

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GRANDCHILDREN, 24

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GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS

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NEPHEWS AND NIECES, INCLUDING

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MARIA SHRIVER, WHO CALLED HER

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FEARLESS, FUNNY, SMART, AN

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INCREDIBLE ATHLETE AND PATRIOT

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WHO WAS MADLY IN LOVE WITH BOBBY

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AND DEVOTED TO MAKING THE

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COUNTRY BETTER IN EVERY WAY.

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BACK TO YOU GUYS.

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>> MY GOODNESS.

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JOE, THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU.

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>> BEAUTIFUL WORDS.

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SHE ALSO SAID THERE WAS A