Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, recently died at the age of 42.
She died peacefully on Monday, Sept. 21 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, according to her obituary from Burke Funeral Homes . Her life was commemorated with private funeral services.
Kennedy's cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but she has suffered from various health issues since suffering a spinal cord injury in 2020, which resulted in "long term paralysis, disability and other medical challenges," according to the obituary.
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement "The years that followed brought struggles, but Kyle fought to maintain her dry wit and determination through it all, trying to be the best possible mother to her sons and caring for her two beloved, ill-behaved Wheaten terriers," her obituary reads.
Kennedy's death is the latest in a string of untimely family deaths popularized as the "Kennedy curse." Kyle Kennedy's father, attorney and businessman Michael L. Kennedy, died in a 1997 skiing accident, and her grandfather, Democratic politician and New York senator Robert "Bobby" F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1968. Kennedy's own daughter Josie died a few days...