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Ethel Kennedy, social activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at age 96

11:52am October 10, 2024

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes for decades thereafter, died Thursday.

Students Atl Logan Monument During The DNC

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Chicago ’68 recalls a Democratic convention and a political moment like no other

6:02am August 12, 2024

by Ron Elving

In the months leading up to DNC 2024, "Chicago ‘68" has been repeatedly conjured. But there is nothing in this political climate to compare to '68 and the all-encompassing anxiety over Vietnam.

Sirhan Sirhan is seen arriving for a parole hearing in August 2021 in San Diego. On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked the parole recommendation for Sirhan, who killed Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

California governor denies RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan parole

7:38pm January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The parole panel's recommendation to release Sirhan, 77, in August was based in part on new California laws since he was last denied parole in 2016 — the 15th time he'd lost his bid for release.

Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, places a flower at the Eternal Flame, President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington, Va., in 2000. Hill died Thursday at age 22.

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Robert F. Kennedy's Granddaughter Dies At 22 In Massachusetts

5:27pm August 02, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Saoirse Kennedy Hill died Thursday in Hyannis Port, after police received a call about an unresponsive person on the Kennedy compound, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office.

Juan Romero earlier this year at his home in Modesto, Calif., holding a photo of himself and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, taken by The Los Angeles Times' Boris Yaro on June 5, 1968. Romero died this week at age 68.

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Juan Romero, Busboy Who Cradled Dying RFK, Dies At 68

1:47pm October 04, 2018

The photo of the moment — light illuminating the fallen senator's face, the young immigrant crouched at his side — locked Romero into the public memory of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.