Rosemary Kennedy and LobotomyRosemary Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the younger sister of famous U.S. president John F. Kennedy. She was born in September 13, 1918, a year after her brother John. Rosemary Kennedy was the third child and first daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy. Reaction to the death of JFK sister, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy ShriverReaction to the death of JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Tuesday at age 88: Text of Obama Shriver statementWASHINGTON — Text of President Barack Obama’s statement on the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver leaves 2 surviving Kennedy siblingsJoseph Kennedy, the millionaire businessman and one-time ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Rose, had nine children. Three became senators and one a president. Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. Spokesman: Eunice Kennedy Shriver in critical condition at Mass. hospital, family at her sideBARNSTABLE, Mass. —Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a sister of President John F. Kennedy and a longtime champion for the disabled, was in a Massachusetts hospital with family at her side. |