Ethel Kennedy, the widow of assassinated US politician Robert F. Kennedy, died Thursday at the age of 96, her family said.

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    Ethel Kennedy, who died of complications from a stroke, was a key figure in a family that counted former president John F. Kennedy – also assassinated – and senator Ted Kennedy among its ranks.

    She was also the mother of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine conspiracy theorist whose failed third-party presidential bid and endorsement of Donald Trump cast a shadow over the family’s dynastic status in American politics and the Democratic Party.

    I was wondering how they’d say it. This was a pretty nice choice