Kyle Kennedy dies at 42, years after suffering tragic spinal cord injury

Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, has died at age 42.

Kennedy died on September 21 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, six years after suffering long-term paralysis from a spinal cord injury.

The cause of his death remains unknown.


Kyle Kennedy Kerr speaks on stage during a podium during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards.
Kyle Kennedy Kerr speaks onstage at the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple Of Hope Awards in New York on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy’s Human Rights

Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Skakel leave a church after their wedding.
Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Skakel leave a church after their wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut, June 17, 1950. Bettmann Archives

She was one of Bobby and Ethel’s 34 grandchildren and dedicated her life to early childhood education, while advocating on behalf of people with disabilities.

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