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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General and Senator Robert F ...
Joseph Patrick Kennedy was the first of three surviving children born to Patrick Joseph "PJ" Kennedy and Mary Augusta Hickey on September 6, 1888. From an early age, he was exposed to his father's successful business and political career.
- Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 1944. On Aug. 12, 1944, while serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was killed in a plane crash.
- Kathleen Kennedy, 1948. Four years later, Joseph Sr. and Rose lost another child, Kathleen Kennedy. Also known as "Kick" Kennedy, she died in a plane crash on May 13, 1948, while on a flight from Paris to the French Riviera.
- John F. Kennedy, 1963. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. JFK was riding in the presidential motorcade alongside his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Texas Gov.
- Robert F. Kennedy, 1968. Five years later, on June 5, 1968, JFK's brother Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated while on the presidential campaign trail. The former senator and attorney general was shot after giving a victory speech at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel after winning the California primary.
How Joseph Kennedy’s death changed US history. JOSEPH Kennedy, who died in an explosion 70 years ago, was destined for the top. The Kennedy family. Joseph Kennedy Sr, centre, with wife Rose, far ...
Joseph P. Kennedy’s health deteriorated from further strokes and heart attacks, until on November 18, 1969, he died in his Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home at the age of 81.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. had suffered a stroke on December 19, 1961, at the age of 73. He survived, but was left paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak more than a few words.
HYANNIS PORT, Mass., Nov. 18 -- Joseph P. Kennedy, the patriarch of a political dynasty beset by tragedy, died peacefully today at his summer home at the age of 81.
