Michael LeMoyne KENNEDYAge: 391958–1997
- Name
- Michael LeMoyne KENNEDY
- Given names
- Michael LeMoyne
- Surname
- KENNEDY
| Birth | 27 February 1958 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA |
| Birth of a sister | 8 September 1959 (Age 18 months) Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
younger sister -
Mary Kerry KENNEDY
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| Birth of a brother | 4 July 1963 (Age 5) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
younger brother -
Christopher George KENNEDY
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| Birth of a brother | 11 January 1965 (Age 6) Manhattan, New York, USA
younger brother -
Matthew Maxwell Taylor KENNEDY
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| Birth of a brother | 24 March 1967 (Age 9) Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
younger brother -
Douglas Harriman KENNEDY
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| Death of a father | 6 June 1968 (Age 10) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
father -
Robert Francis KENNEDY
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| Birth of a sister | 12 December 1968 (Age 10) Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
younger sister -
Rory Elizabeth Katherine KENNEDY
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| Marriage | Victoria Denise GIFFORD - View family 14 March 1981 (Age 23) New York, New York, USA
Source:
The Peerage
Publication: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
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| Birth of a son #1 | 9 January 1983 (Age 24) Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Death of a brother | 25 April 1984 (Age 26) Palm Beach, Florida, USA
elder brother -
David Anthony KENNEDY
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| Burial of a brother | after 25 April 1984 (Age 26) Brookline, Holyhood Cemetery, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
elder brother -
David Anthony KENNEDY
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 6 July 1984 (Age 26) Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
daughter -
Kyle Frances KENNEDY
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| Relationship 16-20 | Michael LeMoyne KENNEDY, Sr. is your third great aunt's first cousin four times removed's wife's uncle.
Source:
Geni.com
Publication: MyHeritage Ltd
Citation details: 16 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 →Michael LeMoyne KENNEDY, Sr. her brother |
| Death | 31 December 1997 (Age 39) Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
Source:
Newspapers: USA
Publication: various United States newspapers
Text: A Sad Familiarity Legacy of Untimely Death Continues By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 2, 1998; Page A04 There was a terrible familiarity about the death of Michael Kennedy on a ski slope in Aspen on New Year's Eve, a tragic ending to a difficult year for a family now defined almost as much by suffering and scandal as by its accomplishments. Michael Kennedy's death on a mountainside at age 39 is but the latest in what has been a decades-long roster of pain and anguish for the Kennedys, a list that includes two assassinations, one death in combat in World War II, another by a drug overdose in 1984, and a celebrated rape trial that ended in acquittal. Throughout, the Kennedys have carried on a commitment to public service that has helped make them the closest thing this country has had to a royal family, one whose triumphs and tragedies have made them larger than life to ordinary Americans. "They've had more power, more money, more tragedy, more adversity," historian Michael Beschloss said yesterday. "Almost on a Shakespearean level. . . . There is just an uncanny amount of tragedy in this family." Family members carry the casket of Michael Kennedy. (AFP) No novelist could have written the final chapter of the Kennedy saga of 1997, a year that saw the family reputation tarnished by revelations that Michael had carried on an affair with a family babysitter, allegedly beginning when she was 14. The uproar in Massachusetts helped lead his brother, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.), to abandon his plans to run for governor in 1998. It caused cousin John F. Kennedy Jr. to write in his political magazine George that Joe, who had sought an annulment of his 12-year marriage that produced two children, and Michael were "poster boys for bad behavior." Then came publication of Seymour Hersh's "The Dark Side of Camelot," a bark-off portrait of the sexual and other peccadilloes of President John F. Kennedy. Then in the waning hours of the year, Michael slammed into a tree while skiing in Aspen with other members of his family and was pronounced dead shortly afterward in the hospital. "Those of us who knew Michael and worked with Michael feel not only terrible about his loss, but the fact that he's likely to be remembered not very much for the things that he did that were really quite extraordinary," said Robert Shrum, a Democratic political consultant who worked for Michael's uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). "There was a lot of talent and a lot of caring. That's not going to be remembered as I believe it should be." The reactions to Michael Kennedy's death yesterday were almost universal in pointing out how much suffering the Kennedys have endured over the years. "I don't know anyone who can match the sort of continuum of sadness this family has had," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said. "And maybe that's the price you pay for great glories." "Even as a keen critic, you want to bury your face in your hands and shake your head," said Kevin Sowyrda, a Republican political analyst in Massachusetts. "We don't know what to make of another Kennedy death. We almost expect it now." The legacy of tragedy dates to World War II, when Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the eldest son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy and the young man tapped by his father to begin to build a political dynasty, was shot down over the English Channel and died at 29. Later came the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 in Dallas. Five years after that, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Los Angeles moments after accepting victory in the California Democratic presidential primary. The following year, their brother the senator, Edward, drove his car off a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts. He survived, but his aide Mary Jo Kopechne was killed. The 1980s and 1990s brought new problems to a new generation of Kennedys. Robert Kennedy's son David died of a drug overdose in 1984. William Kennedy Smith was charged with rape at the family home in Palm Beach, Fla., but was acquitted by a jury in 1991. Then last spring came reports about Michael's prior relationship with a teenage babysitter. Michael's own life seemed a metaphor for the family, combining service and scandal. He was the middle of 11 children and was only 10 years old when his father was assassinated in 1968. He worked with his brother Joe at a nonprofit energy company in Massachusetts and helped establish Stop Handgun Violence. In 1994 he managed his uncle's reelection campaign in what became the most challenging race of Edward Kennedy's career. Michael also wrestled with alcoholism and sexual addiction. "He was smart, focused and had a real energy and intensity to him," said Charlie Baker, a Democratic political consultant who was a friend of Michael's. "He had a real commitment, a real love and respect for public service." It is that sense of duty that has helped sustain the Kennedys through their difficulties. Three Kennedys still serve in Congress and another, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, is the lieutenant governor of Maryland. The family continues to make its mark in the public arena. "They have an overwhelming sense of a continuing commitment to public service, through all the trials and tribulations of their lives," said Thaelia Tsongas Schlesinger, a Massachusetts Democrat and sister of the late senator Paul Tsongas. "Their family brought a lot of us into this arena. They set a standard and they continue to do that in many ways." Historian Beschloss said that, for a new generation of Americans that barely remembers John or Robert Kennedy, the personal problems of the younger Kennedys have done as much to define the family's image as their public contributions. From an outsize version of the Camelot mystique of the 1960s has come a different image in the late 1990s. "The currency is devalued from what it was in the 1960s," Beschloss said. Yet Michael Kennedy's death is a reminder that tragedy continues to stalk this privileged family. Shrum said the events of so many years have bred "a certain stoic quality" into the family that has helped it carry on in the face of so many problems. Said Massachusetts Democratic consultant Mary Anne Marsh, "It's more than you would expect any family to bear." Special correspondent Pamela Ferdinand in Boston contributed to this report. Michael LeMoyne KENNEDY (1958–1997) |
| Burial | after 31 December 1997 Brookline, Holyhood Cemetery, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Source:
Find A Grave
Publication: Find a Grave Memorial (Ancestry)
Text: Michael LeMoyne Kennedy Birth 27 Feb 1958 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Death 31 Dec 1997 (aged 39) Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA Burial Holyhood Cemetery Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map Plot Kennedy Family Plot - next to stillborn son of Ted and Joan Family Members Parents Robert Francis Kennedy 1925–1968 Siblings David Anthony Kennedy 1955–1984 Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 31 Dec 2000 Find a Grave Memorial 2468 Michael LeMoyne KENNEDY (1958–1997) |
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Birth 20 November 1925 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K21 Death 6 June 1968 (Age 42) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
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2 years mother |
Birth 11 April 1928 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Reference number K22 Death 11 April 1928 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
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Marriage: 17 June 1950 — Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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13 months #1 elder sister |
Birth 4 July 1951 Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Reference number K23 |
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15 months #2 elder brother |
Birth 24 September 1952 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K24 |
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16 months #3 elder brother |
Birth 17 January 1954 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K25 |
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17 months #4 elder brother |
Birth 15 June 1955 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K26 Death 25 April 1984 (Age 28) Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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15 months #5 elder sister |
Birth 9 September 1956 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K27 |
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18 months #6 himself |
Birth 27 February 1958 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K28 Death 31 December 1997 (Age 39) Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA |
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18 months #7 younger sister |
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4 years #8 younger brother |
Birth 4 July 1963 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K30 |
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18 months #9 younger brother |
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2 years #10 younger brother |
Birth 24 March 1967 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K32 |
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21 months #11 younger sister |
Birth 12 December 1968 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K33 |
| Family with Victoria Denise GIFFORD - View family |
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Birth 27 February 1958 Washington, District Of Columbia, USA Reference number K28 Death 31 December 1997 (Age 39) Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA |
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-1 years wife |
Birth 20 February 1957 Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA Reference number K123 |
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Marriage: 14 March 1981 — New York, New York, USA |
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22 months #1 son |
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18 months #2 daughter |
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