In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2024
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Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and mother to their 11 children, was a constant presence in America's most famous political family and one marked by tragedy. She worked on campaigns for her brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy, and was at pivotal events such as the McCarthy hearings, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the civil rights movement. After the assassination of her husband in 1968, she founded the nonprofit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Kennedy died Oct. 9. She was 96.