The Tragic Story Of Ethel Kennedy

Ethel Kennedy's last child, Rory, made a lovely documentary about her mother several years ago that can be found on YouTube. Although the documentary does show the painful losses that Mrs. Kennedy suffered, it really demonstrates much more about her resilience, grit and determination to give something back and to help people who are less fortunate than her.

Even though I am a Republican, that doesn't stop me from admiring Ethel Kennedy. She was a very strong woman who loved her husband and her children.She was strong in her faith and raised her 11 children in that manor. She was a fabulous mother and made their lives intertwined with their father's career. She was very creative and showed her children fun and creative things to do. She gave birth to their last child,Rory, a baby girl not long after Robert Kennedy's assignation. Rory was named after the last of the Irish Kings. Ethel is a great humanitarian in her own right by passing on the values and beliefs of her and her late husband. May God bless Ethel Kennedy and her family.

I think Martin Lawrence said it best, "No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life." Amid all the trials and tribulations during her lifetime, Ethel Kennedy has remained a very strong woman, and has therefore made her contributions to the betterment of humanity. I wish both her and her family members nothing but the very best. Plus, I hope that Ethel is able to still enjoy life with however much longer she has to remain in this world.

Ethel is a dear lady. Sorry for all of the tragedies that has troubled her life. Justified in saying no to letting Sirhan out of prison.

It's so good to see that she is still doing well.

Ethel Kennedy, you are a true testament to determination, strength, and courage. Thank you for continuing on through many trials.

I saw her a few times coming through Boston airport when I worked there years ago. She told me she was so afraid of flying, I felt bad for her.

What a wonderful woman to keep going after loosing so much she is very strong I loved the Kennedy family

That is just way too much pain to endure

Ethel Kennedy is not a tragic figure at all . Yes,.she has had tragedies happen to her....yet,. She is a strong person...has never given up either and kept on going. Strong like Rose and Jackie

I've read at least 5 bios of Ethel Kennedy; not ONE of them portrays her as a tragic figure. She was and is, larger than life, a rapscallion in the best sense of the word, and if she had one failing, it was her myopic love for Bobby Kennedy. We have adages like "loyal to a fault" for a reason, and she fell into that category. For her, the Kennedys could do NO wrong, and no matter the transgression, the wagons had to be circled to protect the name.

They were the most powerful family …they are not anymore.

She was big a mother, wife, daughter in law, human rights activist, Kennedy legacy deserves more than 5 minutes wow!!

What a wonderful lady, with a beautiful heart!

What a STRONG woman. Now, a woman gets wolf-whistled and has a nervous breakdown. Ethel was a hero!

She even lost her granddaughter Saoirse in 2019

Interesting and sad video at the same time

She was a totally nutty Mom and maybe not a bad thing but she did allow her children to be destructive. Some Hotels and Lodges in Colorado banned the family because the kids were allowed to run wild.

You forgot the loss of her brother in a plane crash in 1965 also. A year later his widow choked to death.

Their wealth didn’t come only from politics….