Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, dead at 42 - Page Six
Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, passed away at her Massachusetts home at age 42. In her later years, she advocated for disability rights following a severe spinal cord injury.
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The death marks another tragic loss for the prominent Kennedy family, while highlighting her personal advocacy work for individuals with disabilities.
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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Michael Kennedy’s daughter Kyle Kennedy died Sept. 21 at 42.
The granddaughter of Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy passed away in her Westwood, Massachusetts, home last month, according to her obituary .
Kyle’s death comes six years after she suffered a severe spinal cord injury resulting in long-term paralysis.
In her final years, Kyle advocated for people living with disabilities, even testifying at the Massachusetts State House in a hearing on discrimination in disabled healthcare.
She is survived by sons Conor, 12, and Declan, 10, whom she had with Liam Kerr.
While Kyle and Kerr got married in August 2012 — a headline-making ceremony the bride’s cousin Conor Kennedy attended with Taylor Swift — the obituary referred to Kerr as the deceased’s “former husband.”
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