Kyle Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter, dies at 42

Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, has died aged 42 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, on September 21, six years after a spinal cord injury left her paralysed. The cause of death was not disclosed. The obituary praised her as an advocate for education and disability rights, noting her "formidable intellect" and "dry wit" following the 2020 injury. She is survived by her two children, Conor and Declan, and her ex-husband, Liam Kerr. Her death adds to a history of tragedies in the Kennedy family, including the assassinations of her grandfather in 1968 and great-uncle John F Kennedy in 1963, and her father Michael's death in a 1997 skiing accident.