David Christopher Kennedy LAWFORDAge: 631955–2018
- Name
- David Christopher Kennedy LAWFORD
- Given names
- David Christopher Kennedy
- Surname
- LAWFORD
| Birth | 29 March 1955 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA |
| Birth of a sister | 25 August 1956 (Age 16 months) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA
younger sister -
Sydney Maleia Kennedy LAWFORD
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| Birth of a sister | 4 November 1958 (Age 3) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
younger sister -
Victoria Francis LAWFORD
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| Birth of a sister | 2 July 1961 (Age 6) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA
younger sister -
Robin Elizabeth LAWFORD
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| Marriage | Jeanne Edith OLSSON - View family from 1984 to 2000 (Age 28) Bequia, West Indies
Source:
Geni.com
Publication: MyHeritage Ltd
Text: Peter Valentine Lawford with his first wife Jeannie Olsson, an ad-sales assistant for New York Magazine. They divorced in 2000
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| Death of a father | 24 December 1984 (Age 29) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
father -
Peter Sydney Ernest LAWFORD
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| Relationship 16-20 | Christopher Kennedy LAWFORD is your third great aunt's first cousin four times removed's wife's first cousin once removed.
Source:
Geni.com
Publication: MyHeritage Ltd
Citation details: 18 connections Text: Shortest in-law relationship
You →Ruth ALTER COHEN your mother →Frieda DRUKARSH ALTER her mother →Raizel (Galia) BARANSKI DRUKARSH her mother →Avraham (Tzvi) Hersh BARANSKI her father →Szymon BARANSKI his brother →Hinda KLEJNMINTZ BARANSKI his wife →Tauba (Tybie) DRUCZJAN KLEJNMINTZ her mother →Liba DRACZANA SPIEGEL her sister →Chana Sura SPIEGEL CIESIELSKA her daughter →Jack CIESELSKI CHELSKY her son →Dr. Morris Bernard CHELSKY his son →<private> CHELSKY MCKEAN his daughter →<private> MCKEAN her son →Maeve KENNEDY MCKEAN his wife →Kathleen KENNEDY TOWNSEND her mother →Robert F. KENNEDY, U.S. Attorney General her father → Patricia Helen KENNEDY LAWFORD his sister →Christopher Kennedy LAWFORD her son |
| Number of children | Jeanne Edith OLSSON - View family 3
Source:
Wikipedia
Publication: the free encyclopedia
Text: They had three children,
David Christopher Kennedy Lawford (named after his cousin David Kennedy), Savannah Rose Lawford, and Matthew Peter Valentine Lawford with his first wife... |
| Divorce | Jeanne Edith OLSSON - View family 2000 (Age 44) |
| Death of a mother | 17 September 2006 (Age 51) Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
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Patricia Helen KENNEDY
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| Married | Lana ANTONOVA from 2005 to 2009 (Age 49)
Source:
Wikipedia
Publication: the free encyclopedia
Text: In 2005, he married Russian actress Lana Antonova; they divorced in 2009
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| Married | Mercedes MILLER from 2014 to 2016 (Age 58) Hawaii
Source:
Wikipedia
Publication: the free encyclopedia
Text: In 2014, Lawford married yoga instructor Mercedes Miller in Hawaii. At the time of his death in 2018, he had been in a relationship with his girlfriend Kyla Resch since August 2017.
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| Death | 4 September 2018 (Age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Cause of death: died of a heart attack
Source:
Newspapers: USA
Publication: various United States newspapers
Text: Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Actor and Author Who Battled Addiction, Dies at 63 By Amie Tsang New York Times Sept. 5, 2018 Christopher Kennedy Lawford, the actor born into political and Hollywood nobility who turned his recovery from drug addiction into a career as a public health advocate and best-selling author, died on Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was 63 and had homes in Los Angeles and Hawaii. The cause was a heart attack, his family said. Mr. Lawford, whose mother was Patricia Kennedy, a sister of John F. Kennedy, and whose father was Peter Lawford, the British-born actor and member of the Rat Pack, began acting in the late 1980s and had parts in television programs like “Frasier” and “The O.C.,” as well as in films including “Terminator 3.” He struggled with drug addiction from a young age, describing in his books how he was “a cutting-edge pharmaceutical engineer” by the age of 13. Mr. Lawford wrote several books that described his efforts to recover from drug addiction, including “Symptoms of Withdrawal,” “Moments of Clarity” and “Recover to Live.” He described how in spite of his pedigree and his problems, he never received as much attention as his cousins, saying he was a “second-string Kennedy.” Mr. Lawford spent the last two decades traveling around the country speaking about his experience with drug addiction and was able to change people’s perceptions of the illness, said his cousin Patrick J. Kennedy, the former Rhode Island congressman who also struggled with drug addiction and wrote about it. Mr. Lawford was also a public health campaigner, working with the United Nations, the Canadian Center on Substance Abuse and Addiction, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the World Health Organization. Discussions about recovery often center on jail and health care, but Mr. Lawford managed to convey a more positive aspect, Mr. Kennedy said. “Chris was one of those people who had a way of telling stories that lifted people’s perceptions and judgments of those who suffer from the disease of addiction,” he said. Mr. Lawford also made a significant difference to Mr. Kennedy’s own struggles with addiction, he said. “I wouldn’t be where I am in life if it weren’t for him,” he said, explaining that Mr. Lawford was the one person who was able to understand what it was like to deal with an addiction problem in a family like theirs. “I am a better person because of Chris,” Mr. Kennedy said. “And a lot of people can say the same as I can today because of what he contributed to their lives.” Editors’ Picks Gabrielle Blair Would Like a Word With Men For ‘KPOP,’ a Broadway Transfer Is More Like a Reinvention Why Do We Change the Clocks, Anyway? Mr. Lawford had been a member of California’s Public Health Advisory Committee since 2009. And he was named a Goodwill Ambassador on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care by the United Nations in 2011. He also worked as a public advocacy consultant to Caron Treatment Centers, which runs rehabilitation programs. “He was always unflinchingly honest about his story,” Doug Tieman, the organization’s president and chief executive, said in a statement. Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who was born in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 29, 1955, held a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University, a law degree from Boston College Law School and a master’s certification in clinical psychology from Harvard Medical School, according to his website. Mr. Lawford, who was married and divorced three times, is survived by his children David, Savannah and Matthew; and his sisters Sydney Lawford McKelvy, Victoria Pender and Robin Lawford. A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 6, 2018, Section B, Page 15 of the New York edition Christopher LAWFORD |
| Burial | after 4 September 2018 Unknown Address: Burial Details Unknown
Source:
Find A Grave
Publication: Find a Grave Memorial (Ancestry)
Text: Christopher Lawford
Birth 29 Mar 1955 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA Death 4 Sep 2018 (aged 63) Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Burial Burial Details Unknown Family Members Parents Peter Lawford 1923–1984 Patricia Kennedy Lawford 1924–2006 Maintained by: Find a Grave Originally Created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye Added: 5 Sep 2018 Find a Grave Memorial 192879667 |
| Reference number | K17 |
| Last change | 5 November 2022 - 10:29:33 by: Site Admin |
| Family with parents - View family |
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Birth 7 September 1923 London, England Reference number K15 Death 24 December 1984 (Age 61) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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8 months mother |
Birth 6 May 1924 Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K16 Death 17 September 2006 (Age 82) Manhattan, New York, New York, USA |
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Marriage: 1954 — New York, New York, USA |
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15 months #1 himself |
Birth 29 March 1955 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA Reference number K17 Death 4 September 2018 (Age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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17 months #2 younger sister |
Birth 25 August 1956 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA Reference number K136 |
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2 years #3 younger sister |
Birth 4 November 1958 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA Reference number K18 |
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3 years #4 younger sister |
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| Family with Jeanne Edith OLSSON - View family |
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Birth 29 March 1955 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, USA Reference number K17 Death 4 September 2018 (Age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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-2 months ex-wife |
Jeanne Edith OLSSON
Birth 24 January 1955 Seoul, Korea Reference number K149 |
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Marriage: from 1984 to 2000 — Bequia, West Indies |
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