{"id":114246,"date":"2024-10-15T02:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114246"},"modified":"2024-10-15T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:18:45","slug":"members-of-the-kennedy-family-gather-for-funeral-of-ethel-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114246","title":{"rendered":"Members of the Kennedy family gather for funeral of Ethel Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CENTERVILLE, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after her husband was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family\u2019s legacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethel-kennedy-dies-00eb88951db24e0cada9bd48b66ad8ea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:died on Thursday at age 96.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">died on Thursday at age 96.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s funeral, which was closed to the public, took place at Our Lady of Victory, in Centerville, Massachusetts, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Mourners gathered at the church under a cool gray sky. Ethel Kennedy died following complications related to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethel-kennedy-stroke-robert-f-kennedy-camelot-d54fb65f161bee60e32d27049778f761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a stroke suffered earlier this month.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a stroke suffered earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with a lifetime\u2019s work in social justice and human rights, our mother leaves behind nine children, 34 grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren, along with numerous nieces and nephews, all of whom love her dearly,\u201d the family statement said in announcing her death.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden called her \u201can American icon \u2014 a matriarch of optimism and moral courage, an emblem of resilience and service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy matriarch, mother to Kathleen, Joseph II, Robert Jr., David, Courtney, Michael, Kerry, Christopher, Max, Douglas and Rory, was one of the last remaining members of a family generation that included President John F. Kennedy. Her family said she had recently enjoyed seeing many of her relatives before falling ill.<\/p>\n<p>A millionaire\u2019s daughter who married the future senator and attorney general in 1950, Ethel Kennedy had endured more death by the age of 40, for the whole world to see, than most people would in a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>She was by Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s side when he was fatally shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, just after winning California\u2019s Democratic presidential primary. Her brother-in-law had been assassinated in Dallas less than five years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Kennedy went on to found the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights soon after her husband\u2019s death and advocated for causes including gun control and human rights. 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