Recently The Mail, a tabloid based in London, ran an article positing what we have previously: that the tragedies in the Kennedy family sail beyond what is expected by mere chance.
The article looks at the long run of misfortune that has struck the Kennedy family, prompted by the death of Kyle Kennedy, 42, at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, on September 21. It notes that the family has long been whispered to be cursed.
- After the 1999 crash that killed John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren, the New York Times editorialized: “Tragedy revisits the Kennedys.” It mourned “a family of unfinished journeys, of magnetic personalities cut down far too early.”
- After Ted Kennedy survived a 1964 plane crash, a year after his brother’s assassination, his wife Joan reportedly told Jackie: “It is a curse.”
- Joan also reportedly said: “Look at the things that have happened. Can we just chalk it up to coincidence?”
Important events
- 1963: John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
- 1964: Ted Kennedy survives a plane crash, suffering three crushed vertebrae, broken ribs and a punctured lung.
- 1997: Michael Kennedy, Kyle’s father, dies after skiing into a tree while playing “ski football” in Aspen, Colorado. Kyle was 13.
- 1999 (July): JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette and Lauren Bessette die when the plane Kennedy was piloting crashes into the Atlantic off Martha’s Vineyard.
- 2011: Kara Kennedy, Ted’s daughter, dies of a heart attack.
- 2012: Mary Richardson Kennedy, former wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dies by suicide. Also that year, Conor Kennedy reportedly brings Taylor Swift to Kyle’s wedding, which Swift says she was invited to.
- 2019: Saoirse Kennedy Hill, RFK’s granddaughter, dies of an accidental drug overdose.
- 2020: Maeve Kennedy McKean, another RFK granddaughter, and her eight-year-old son Gideon drown during a canoe trip on Chesapeake Bay. Kyle also suffers a severe spinal cord injury that leaves her paralyzed. The cause was never revealed, and she became an advocate for the disabled.
- Late last year: Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter, dies of cancer at 35.
- September 21: Kyle Kennedy dies. Her cause of death hasn’t been revealed and is under investigation, though her obituary says she passed “peacefully.”
About Kyle
She was the daughter of Michael Kennedy and Denise Gifford (daughter of NFL star Frank Gifford) and the niece of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She worked as a teacher and largely stayed out of the spotlight, and she was a keen long-distance runner. She leaves two sons, Conor, 12, and Declan, 10, from her marriage to Liam Kerr. Conor’s twin, Josie, died two days after birth.
Robert and Ethel Kennedy had 11 children and 34 grandchildren, and the article says the losses have been so frequent that family members have reportedly discussed whether there could be a supernatural explanation.