they are America’s royal family welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the Kennedy curse but you have
you here I want you to meet my daughter
Caroline and my wife Jackie the
irish-american Kennedy family rose to
prominence as dedicated and wealthy
Democratic party members their charisma
good looks and commitment to public
service fascinated the public however it
did not save them from tragic ends many
Kennedy family members died prematurely
which led to the suggestion of a Kennedy
curse Joseph Patrick Kennedy senior was
part of the family’s second generation
and he amassed impressive wealth after
foreseeing the crash of 1929 he used his
money and influence to bankroll his
son’s political futures but that luck
ran out during the third generation
Joseph’s daughter Rosemary was born with
unexplained mental health problems that
worsened over time at 23 she was
lobotomized and lived the rest of her
days as a shadow of her former self
ironically she was the first third
generation Kennedy to die of natural
causes when she passed away in 2005 her
older sister eunice Kennedy Shriver was
so moved by her sister’s situation she
founded the Special Olympics in 1968 it
was their older brother firstborn Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr who was supposed to
lead the family to political greatness
unfortunately this all-american was
killed in action during a classified
World War 2 mission when his plane
exploded another plane incident took his
sister Kathleen Agnes Kennedy just four
years later the Kennedy family legacy
then fell to the next oldest son John
Fitzgerald let the word go forth from
this time and place to friend and foe
alike that the torch has been passed to
a new generation of American as JFK’s
political life improved his personal
life worsened he and wife Jacqueline
Bouvier Kennedy suffered through a
miscarriage the birth of a stillborn
baby and the death of their two day old
son by then John was president
and the couple have produced two heirs
Caroline Bouvier and John Fitzgerald jr.
the most infamous example of the Kennedy
curse was yet to come on November 22nd
1963 JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
while traveling through Dallas Texas the
flash apparently official President
Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. Central
Standard Time two o’clock Eastern
Standard Time some 38 minutes ago the
Kennedy family was left with two sons
Robert Francis and Edward Moore better
known as Ted it was Bobby who tried to
lead the family’s political aspirations
after serving as attorney general he
became a frontrunner for the Democratic
presidential nomination I thanks to all
of you and now it’s on to Chicago and
let’s win this however he was
assassinated on the campaign trail in
1968 by Sirhan Sirhan those of us who
loved him and who take him to his rest
today pray that what he was to us what
he wished for others for some day come
to pass for all the world much like his
brother’s murder five years earlier RFK
s death sparked elaborate conspiracy
theories about who was ultimately behind
the crime teddy was the last Kennedy son
from that generation left alive but he
was not immune to personal problems in
1964 he survived a plane crash that
killed two and left him with chronic
pain his months long recuperation
stirred his interest in health care
issues but was not the last of his
difficulties in 1969 a car he was
driving went into the water off
Chappaquiddick killing his passenger
Mary Jo Kopechne II the car overturned
in a deep pond and immediately filled
with water
I remember thinking as the cold water
rushed in around my head that I was for
certain drowning this not only stunted
his political future it also caused his
wife to have a third miscarriage Ted
remained a senator until his brain
cancer death in 2009 before his dream of
universal healthcare was realized the
curse carried down to the next
generation Bobby Kennedy’s son David
almost drowned days before his
thirteenth birthday but was saved by his
dad
later that night David watched live as
his father’s assassination was announced
he soon began abusing drugs in 1973 he
was injured and his girlfriend was
paralyzed when the car driven by his
brother Joseph P Kennedy the second
crashed
David’s drug use worsened until he died
of an overdose in 1984
David’s younger brother Michael also met
a tragic end in 1997 when he crashed
into a tree on an Aspen Mountain while
playing football on skis but the most
notable fourth generation Kennedy was
JFK jr. John John enchanted the masses
on his 3rd birthday at his father’s
funeral and remained a fixture
throughout his life over a quarter
century ago my father stood before you
to accept the nomination for the
presidency of the United States women
across the country cried when he married
Carolyn Bessette in 1996 however just
three years later the pair and her
sister died when the plane he was flying
towards Martha’s Vineyard crashed into
the ocean due to pilot error
the Kennedys remain an integral piece of
the American puzzle while every family
endures misfortune it is the frequency
and manner of the Kennedy tragedies that
make them remarkable as Ted Kennedy said
after JFK Jr’s death they had every gift
but length of years
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the Kennedy curse but you have
you here I want you to meet my daughter
Caroline and my wife Jackie the
irish-american Kennedy family rose to
prominence as dedicated and wealthy
Democratic party members their charisma
good looks and commitment to public
service fascinated the public however it
did not save them from tragic ends many
Kennedy family members died prematurely
which led to the suggestion of a Kennedy
curse Joseph Patrick Kennedy senior was
part of the family’s second generation
and he amassed impressive wealth after
foreseeing the crash of 1929 he used his
money and influence to bankroll his
son’s political futures but that luck
ran out during the third generation
Joseph’s daughter Rosemary was born with
unexplained mental health problems that
worsened over time at 23 she was
lobotomized and lived the rest of her
days as a shadow of her former self
ironically she was the first third
generation Kennedy to die of natural
causes when she passed away in 2005 her
older sister eunice Kennedy Shriver was
so moved by her sister’s situation she
founded the Special Olympics in 1968 it
was their older brother firstborn Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr who was supposed to
lead the family to political greatness
unfortunately this all-american was
killed in action during a classified
World War 2 mission when his plane
exploded another plane incident took his
sister Kathleen Agnes Kennedy just four
years later the Kennedy family legacy
then fell to the next oldest son John
Fitzgerald let the word go forth from
this time and place to friend and foe
alike that the torch has been passed to
a new generation of American as JFK’s
political life improved his personal
life worsened he and wife Jacqueline
Bouvier Kennedy suffered through a
miscarriage the birth of a stillborn
baby and the death of their two day old
son by then John was president
and the couple have produced two heirs
Caroline Bouvier and John Fitzgerald jr.
the most infamous example of the Kennedy
curse was yet to come on November 22nd
1963 JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
while traveling through Dallas Texas the
flash apparently official President
Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. Central
Standard Time two o’clock Eastern
Standard Time some 38 minutes ago the
Kennedy family was left with two sons
Robert Francis and Edward Moore better
known as Ted it was Bobby who tried to
lead the family’s political aspirations
after serving as attorney general he
became a frontrunner for the Democratic
presidential nomination I thanks to all
of you and now it’s on to Chicago and
let’s win this however he was
assassinated on the campaign trail in
1968 by Sirhan Sirhan those of us who
loved him and who take him to his rest
today pray that what he was to us what
he wished for others for some day come
to pass for all the world much like his
brother’s murder five years earlier RFK
s death sparked elaborate conspiracy
theories about who was ultimately behind
the crime teddy was the last Kennedy son
from that generation left alive but he
was not immune to personal problems in
1964 he survived a plane crash that
killed two and left him with chronic
pain his months long recuperation
stirred his interest in health care
issues but was not the last of his
difficulties in 1969 a car he was
driving went into the water off
Chappaquiddick killing his passenger
Mary Jo Kopechne II the car overturned
in a deep pond and immediately filled
with water
I remember thinking as the cold water
rushed in around my head that I was for
certain drowning this not only stunted
his political future it also caused his
wife to have a third miscarriage Ted
remained a senator until his brain
cancer death in 2009 before his dream of
universal healthcare was realized the
curse carried down to the next
generation Bobby Kennedy’s son David
almost drowned days before his
thirteenth birthday but was saved by his
dad
later that night David watched live as
his father’s assassination was announced
he soon began abusing drugs in 1973 he
was injured and his girlfriend was
paralyzed when the car driven by his
brother Joseph P Kennedy the second
crashed
David’s drug use worsened until he died
of an overdose in 1984
David’s younger brother Michael also met
a tragic end in 1997 when he crashed
into a tree on an Aspen Mountain while
playing football on skis but the most
notable fourth generation Kennedy was
JFK jr. John John enchanted the masses
on his 3rd birthday at his father’s
funeral and remained a fixture
throughout his life over a quarter
century ago my father stood before you
to accept the nomination for the
presidency of the United States women
across the country cried when he married
Carolyn Bessette in 1996 however just
three years later the pair and her
sister died when the plane he was flying
towards Martha’s Vineyard crashed into
the ocean due to pilot error
the Kennedys remain an integral piece of
the American puzzle while every family
endures misfortune it is the frequency
and manner of the Kennedy tragedies that
make them remarkable as Ted Kennedy said
after JFK Jr’s death they had every gift
but length of years
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