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 do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to dictate what they should learn; only to discern and respond to what it is that they are learning. Such responsiveness is at once the most educational and the most loving.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“The parents who wish to lead a quiet life I would say: Tell your children that they are very naughty—much naughtier than most children; point to the young people of some acquaintances as models of perfection, and impress your own children with a deep sense of their own inferiority. You carry so many more guns than they do that they cannot fight you. This is called moral influence and it will enable you to bounce them as much as you please.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 16:8.