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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston.
Apr 2, 2014 · Death and Legacy. Weakened by a stroke in 1984, Kennedy spent the last decade of her life at the family home in Hyannis Port. She died of complications of pneumonia, at the age of 104, on...
Mar 2, 2022 · Discover the tragic story of Rosemary Kennedy, the third child of Joseph Kennedy Sr., who was lobotomized so John F. Kennedy could succeed. For years, Rosemary Kennedy's story was kept secret after her lobotomy was botched, leaving her unable to walk or talk.
Nov 22, 2023 · Rose Kennedy (Credit: Getty Images) To mark the 60th anniversary of JFK's death, revisit an exclusive BBC interview with the US president's mother, Rose, who movingly details the family's...
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Sep 13, 2024 · Rose Kennedy was an American political figure who, as the matriarch of the Kennedys, a family that created a political dynasty in the United States, drew on her Roman Catholic faith to endure what she characterized as a life of agonies and ecstasies.
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Jan 16, 2023 · Tragic true story of Rosemary Kennedy, the political dynasty’s ‘lost’ sister, as her life inspires an opera. Rosemary, sister of John, Ted and Robert, underwent a lobotomy aged 23. By Stephanie Bridger-Linning. 16 January 2023. Keystone/Getty Images.
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Sep 28, 2006 · In a political speech drafted for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy reminisces about growing up in Concord, Massachusetts in the late 1890’s: As a little girl I lived on a farm…outside of Boston .
