Youngest brother Ted Kennedy was elected to John F. Kennedy's former Senate seat in Massachusetts.
Ted Kennedy became a revered liberal voice and legislator, while Shriver was chosen as George McGovern's running mate in their unsuccessful 1972 presidential campaign.
The last of President Kennedy's surviving siblings, former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Jean Smith, died in 2020.
Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel, is in her 90s and rarely comments publicly.
Starting in 1968, after the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy was the family's standard bearer and chosen orator.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Republican, JFK, Boston Mayor, Peace Corps, White House, Senate, New York Gov, White, RFK Jr, Progress, Mental Health, RFK Human Rights
Locations:
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, U.S, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Northern Ireland, Austria, Mississippi, Iraq
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