Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette b. January 7, 1966 d. July 16, 1999 Socialite and wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. She gained a certain notoriety herself due to public interest and attention to her husband. Born in White Plains, New York, she was the youngest daughter of Dr. William J. and Ann Messina Bessette. Her father was a surgeon and her mother an administrator in the New York public school system. She grew up in affluent Greenwich, Connecticut, attending St. Mary's High School, where in her senior year, she was voted "All Around Beautiful Person." In 1988...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cause of death: Plane crash Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Cremated remains scattered off the coast of Martha's Vineyard from the US Navy Ship USS Briscoe
Kennedy, David Anthony b. June 15, 1955 d. April 25, 1984 Kennedy Family Member. He was the son of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Democrat – New York) and nephew of the 35th US President, John F. Kennedy. Born David Anthony Kennedy in Washington, DC, he was the fourth of eleven children to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. In 1967, his father decided to run on the Democratic ticket to be President in the 1968 elections, and young David was there to help his father in the primaries. On June 5, 1968, just after his father had won...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cause of death: Drug overdose of Demerol and cocaine Holyhood Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Kennedy, Edward Moore 'Ted' b. February 22, 1932 d. August 25, 2009 US Senator. A member of the prominent Kennedy and Fitzgerald families, he attended Harvard University before being expelled for cheating on an exam. After serving in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953, he was readmitted to Harvard, graduating in 1956. He then studied at The Hague's International Law School, and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1959. He was a Regional Manager for his brother ...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot: Section S, Site 45-B GPS coordinates: 38.8808975, -77.0716095 (hddd.dddd)
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald b. May 29, 1917 d. November 22, 1963 35th United States President, US Congressman, US Senator. Born into a wealthy Irish-Catholic family, Kennedy, son of Joseph Kennedy, was wounded in the Pacific during World War II. Kennedy was first a congressman (House of Representatives 1947-1953; Senate 1953-1960) and was elected president in 1960. His presidency will be remembered above all for a commitment to the space program, the Cuban missile...[Read More] Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot: Section 45 Grid U-35 GPS coordinates: 38.8815498, -77.0714569 (hddd.dddd)
Kennedy Jr., John Fitzgerald b. November 25, 1960 d. July 16, 1999 Kennedy Family Figure. He was the son of 35th United States President John F. Kennedy. Born in Washington, DC, as the second child of then President-elect Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and brother to Caroline Kennedy (Schlossberg), he is famously remembered for saluting the casket of his assassinated father during the President's funeral...[Read More] (Bio by: Kathy Riley Williams) Cause of death: Plane crash Cremated, Cremated remains off the coast of Martha's Vineyard from the US Navy Ship USS Briscoe
Kennedy Sr., Joseph Patrick b. September 6, 1888 d. November 18, 1969 Businessman, US Political Figure. Best known as Patriarch of the Kennedy Family and the father of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a saloonkeeper, he was a hardworking, ambitious boy who got into Harvard, was popular and did well academically, but was shut out the more prestigious social clubs because of his Irish Catholic heritage. He graduated with...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons) Cause of death: Complications from stroke Holyhood Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Kennedy, Michael LeMoyne b. February 27, 1958 d. December 31, 1997 Son of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, he was killed in a freakish skiing accident while on vacation in Aspen, Colorado, when he skied into a tree while playing football on skis with other Kennedy family members. The sixth of eleven children of 1968 Presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, he was considered one of the more politically astute Kennedys, but preferred to...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cause of death: Skiing accident Holyhood Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Kennedy, Robert Francis b. November 20, 1925 d. June 6, 1968 US Senator, US Attorney General. He was the third son of Joseph Kennedy, Sr. and the brother of both US President John F. Kennedy and Senator Edward Kennedy. Known as 'Bobby,' he started his career as an attorney in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in 1951. While there he served in several legal capacities, culminating as the chief...[Read More] (Bio by: John Sheets) Cause of death: Assassinated Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot: Section 45, Grid U-33.5
Kennedy, Rose b. July 22, 1890 d. January 22, 1995 American socialite, best known as the matriarch of the politically prominent Kennedy family and mother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. She was born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, the eldest child of John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a prominent figure in Boston politics who served one term in Congress and later became the city's mayor. The Fitzgerald family lived for a time at 39 Welles Avenue, in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons) Holyhood Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Kennedy Onassis (Bouvier), Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' b. July 28, 1929 d. May 19, 1994 Presidential First Lady. Wife of 35th United States President John F. Kennedy. She served as First Lady from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963. She was a daughter of John Vernou Bouvier, III and his wife, Janet Lee. Her early years were divided between New York City and East Hampton. When in her early teens, her mother remarried Hugh D Auchincloss and the family moved to to his home near Washington, D.C. spending the summers at Newport, Rhode Island. While dubbed "the Debutante of the Year"...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm) Cause of death: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot: Section 45 Grid U-35
Lawford (Kennedy), Patricia b. May 6, 1924 d. September 17, 2006 Kennedy Family Member and Socialite. Sister of US President John F. Kennedy and wife of British actor Peter Lawford. The sixth of nine children (and fourth of five daughters) born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Patricia was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, into a world of politics, power and privilege. Her father would be US Ambassador to Great Britain and she grew up having traveled extensively. As early as 1946, she joined the political campaign for her brother, John...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA