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Drunken Irishman

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9. Maybe. I guess my family has been lucky...

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #8)

Wed May 16, 2012, 06:12 PM

May 2012

I lost my grandparents, who were in their 70s (grandpa was 79) years ago, and my dad who was in his 50s in 2010 - but other than that, I can't think of a single relative who's died young. With the Kennedys, they seem to have a lot who do die young. All my aunts and uncles have lived, my cousins have lived, my mom is still alive. Hell, my mom's cousins are still alive and so are two of her mother's siblings.

So, I guess we just lucked out.

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Mary Kennedy Dead at 52 [View all] warrior1 May 2012 OP

Sad. So young and so much life left to live. Fearless May 2012 #1

Oh dear God. Ken Burch May 2012 #2

Wonder what makes some of these Kennedy women go to the extreme? So very sad southernyankeebelle May 2012 #3

Well, at this point we don't actually know why or how she died. Ken Burch May 2012 #4

Self inflicted some way. It is still so sad. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #10

The ickiest thing is, I'm not sure I WANT to offer my sympathies to RFK Jr. Ken Burch May 2012 #11

It does seem a male Kennedy trait doesn't it. But I haven't heard anything bad about this Kennedy southernyankeebelle May 2012 #12

Where does it say he dumped her? Sounds like glinda May 2012 #18

He left her in 2010 I think. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #20

We don't know the story. One article said she'd struggled with addictions (drugs? gateley May 2012 #24

It appears that he's tried to get her help in the past millijac May 2012 #27

You may be right. Ken Burch May 2012 #30

Apparently it was suicide by hanging. See link below Tx4obama May 2012 #13

My God. I hope none of her kids saw her like that. Ken Burch May 2012 #14

Oh my how very sad. So very sad. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #19

These Kennedys never have it easy, do they? Drunken Irishman May 2012 #5

Thing is...the Kennedy's have about the same 'luck' as average Americans, we just notice the K's HereSince1628 May 2012 #8

Maybe. I guess my family has been lucky... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #9

Sorry, but not many families have an assassinated president AND an assassinated presidential Peace Patriot May 2012 #17

PP you are so right. After JFK was murdered for me things changed forever. I never saw this southernyankeebelle May 2012 #21

They also lost a daughter (Joe and Rosemary) in a plane accident -- she was young, too. nt gateley May 2012 #25

"An entire generation lost all three of its best leaders within raccoon May 2012 #28

wow, what a powerful post. thank you for that. inna May 2012 #31

R.I.P. Tx4obama May 2012 #6

And here is a CNN link below Tx4obama May 2012 #7

:-( Odin2005 May 2012 #15

What a shame DesertRat May 2012 #16

Terribly sad. Beacool May 2012 #22

L.A. Times: Mary Richardson Kennedy, wife of RFK Jr., found dead in New York Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #23

It breaks my heart that people who take this route are in so much gateley May 2012 #26

So sad. ElbarDee May 2012 #29

She was ALONE and depressed. Who would leave this woman alone in the state she was in??? SoCalDemGrrl May 2012 #32