Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Brief Biography | Marriage and children | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. | July 25, 1915 | August 12, 1944 | United States Navy aviator | Never married or had children, but was once engaged to Athalia Ponsell Lindsley | Naval airplane crash on August 12, 1944 over the English Channel |
| John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | November 22, 1963 | United States Representative (1947–1953) United States Senator (1953–1960) President of the United States (1961–1963) |
Sept. 12, 1953 to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, had four children (including a stillbirth). | Assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. |
| Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy | September 13, 1918 | January 7, 2005 | Underwent a lobotomy in 1941 which left her incapacitated; she was institutionalized from 1949 until her death. | Never married or had children | Natural causes |
| Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Kennedy | February 20, 1920 | May 13, 1948 | Marchioness of Hartington | Married on May 6, 1944 to William John Robert "Billy" Cavendish, never had children. | Airplane crash over Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France. |
| Eunice Mary Kennedy | July 10, 1921 | August 11, 2009 | International advocate for the developmentally disabled. Founded the Special Olympics. | Married on May 23, 1953 to Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr., had five children. | Natural causes |
| Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy | May 6, 1924 | September 17, 2006 | Journalist and film production assistant | Married on April 24, 1954 to British actor Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford, had four children; divorced in 1966. | Complications from pneumonia |
| Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy | November 20, 1925 | June 6, 1968 | United States Attorney General (1961–1964) United States Senator (1965–1968) |
Married on June 17, 1950 to Ethel Skakel, had eleven children. | Assassinated in 1968 in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. |
| Jean Ann Kennedy | February 20, 1928 | United States Ambassador to Ireland (1993–1998) | Married on May 19, 1956 to Stephen Edward Smith, had two sons. | ||
| Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy | February 22, 1932 | August 25, 2009 | United States Senator (1962–2009) | Married on November 29, 1958 to Virginia Joan Bennett, had three children; divorced on December 6, 1982. Remarried in 1992 to Victoria Anne Reggie; had no children. | Brain cancer |
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Famous quotes containing the word children:
“We have been told over and over about the importance of bonding to our children. Rarely do we hear about the skill of letting go, or, as one parent said, “that we raise our children to leave us.” Early childhood, as our kids gain skills and eagerly want some distance from us, is a time to build a kind of adult-child balance which permits both of us room.”
—Joan Sheingold Ditzion (20th century)
“Many more children observe attitudes, values and ways different from or in conflict with those of their families, social networks, and institutions. Yet today’s young people are no more mature or capable of handling the increased conflicting and often stimulating information they receive than were young people of the past, who received the information and had more adult control of and advice about the information they did receive.”
—James P. Comer (20th century)
“Nurturing competence, the food of self-esteem, comes from acknowledging and appreciating the positive contributions your children make. By catching our kids doing things right, we bring out the good that is already there.”
—Stephanie Martson (20th century)