The Kennedy Family Curse

Kennedy Family Curse

The Kennedy's are one of the most famous political families with large dynasty of rich successful descendants, many of which have left an impressionable legacy on the USA. However this great family has had a series a tragic deaths and incidents that has led to the Kennedy curse conspiracy. In this blog post I will summarize the events that have led to the medias invention of the curse and decide whether they are valid or not. 

      

•            At the age of 23 Rosemary Kennedy underwent a lobotomy to help control her mental condition. It however failed which resulted in her condition worsening. She spent most her life in an institution

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•     Joe Kennedy died in 1944 when taking part in Operation Aphrodite as a pilot of a modified B-24 Liberator drone bomber which accidentally exploded and crashed.

•      Kathleen Kennedy was killed in a plane crash with her lover in 1948 whilst travelling over France, she was just 28 at the time.

John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, November 22nd 1963 (More about this in future Blog posts)

•      Robert F. Kennedy also met a violent fate with a bullet to the brain. RFK’s presidential aspirations came to a crashing halt at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  •  Ted Kennedy crashed his car which caused the death of his partner Mary Jo Kopechne. He fled the scene for 8 hours before he came clean. It ruined his presidential chances 
  
  
  

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In my own opinion I do not believe there is a curse, the family have put themselves into the worlds spotlight from such an early age that it was inevitable that events such as this would happen. I think the family was however very unlucky in what happened and the fact that Rose Kennedy had to live through the deaths and downfalls of 5 of her children was dreadful. One child was killed in a war, many died in war, two died in political assassinations due to their 'to the point' political ideals, one had a car crash. you cannot help but think that some families could have suffered just as badly and that this is only called a curse due to their fame and fortune.

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."- JFK

and so do legacies, the legacies of a great family, a legacy that will continue to grow as the esteem of history catches up with them.