Rose Kennedy
Countess Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 — January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, the wife of Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr., and the mother of nine children, including Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. President John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, Senator Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, and Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy.
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