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. 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. |