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Kyle Kennedy, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, dead at 42

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Published October 20, 2026 11:31 AM MST
Published October 20, 2026 11:31 AM MST
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FILE-Kyle Kennedy Kerr speaks onstage during the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple Of Hope Awards on December 12, 2018 in New York City.  (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images  for  Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights)

The Brief

    • Kyle Kennedy died at the age of 42 in September. 
    • The Washington, D.C. native worked for Teach for America and later became an advocate for education reform.
    • Kennedy was the granddaughter of New York senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy has died. She was 42 years old. 

She died on Sept. 21 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, according to an obituary from Burke Funeral Homes. 

A cause of death for Kyle Kennedy was not revealed, but she had various health problems after suffering a severe spinal cord injury in 2020, which resulted in "long term paralysis, disability and additional medical challenges, the obituary noted. 

RELATED: Joan Kennedy, Sen. Edward Kennedy's ex-wife, dies at 89

Kennedy's father, attorney and businessman Michael L. Kennedy, died in 1997 in a skiing accident in Aspen Mountain, Colorado. 

Her grandfather, New York senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1968 after a shooting at a Los Angeles hotel. And her daughter Josie, the fraternal twin of her 12-year-old son Conor, died a few days following birth.

Who was Kyle Kennedy?

The backstory:

Kyle Kennedy was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Georgetown University and majored in history.

Kennedy went on to earn a Master of Science in Early education from Pace University, and a Master of Education in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

RELATED: Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, has died at 96

After college, Kennedy joined Teach for America and taught for two years in the New York City public school system and launched a career in education and became an advocate for educational reform for underserved children and for individuals living with disabilities.

She is survived by her sons, Conor and Declan; her former husband, Liam; her mother, Victoria; her brother Michael and his wife Mary, and their children, McKie and Quinn; and her sister, Rory, and her husband, David, and their children, Jack and Caleb.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by a Burke Funeral Homes obituary for Kyle Kennedy. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.



 

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