Ethel Kennedy's story
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2012
- (Boston Globe) As her documentary debuts on HBO, Rory Kennedy and her mother, Ethel, talk to the Globe.
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Ethel Kennedy is so strong and classy. Have so much respect for her. She is Aries 4/11 too, my birthday 4/6. Eternal optimists, determined. Blessings 🙏 to her and the Kennedy family. My family is originally from Massachusetts too.
WE LOVE YOU ETHEL KENNEDY.
Bobby Kennedy was my very fave! So much heart he had.
Ethel
Kennedy
Old Vampire
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Dear Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
I have the deepest respect and admiration for you! You were so devoted to your late husband and are so devoted to his memory! Senator Kennedy was so Blessed to have met you! You know, what I so admire about you is your toughness and resilience! You endured after the tragic events of June 5/6, 1968 and raised your beautiful family!
You would have made a wonderful First Lady!
Quote by Senator Robert F. Kennedy ~ June 5,1968 Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles ~
"I also want to thank my wife Ethel. Her patience during this whole effort is fantastic."
Ethel is A Strong women 93 years old and Widowed for 52 years now
Rory does have both her Mother's and her Father's features. Ethel Kennedy is as spunky as ever. God bless them both.
Rory looks just like her handsome father ♥️
Ethel is a tough old bird who suffered many personal losses ; first her husband dying under her nose while she is pregnant, then 2 of her kids ; one of a ski accident and the other OD'ed. Last month she buried one of her granddaughters at the age of 23 of an OD.The facts show, it was accidental. Very tragic. Rory looks like her dad and her mom as well.
Furthermore, her parents perished in the 1955 air tragedy, followed by a brother who followed the fate of his parents in 1966. Her brother's wife then choked to death on a piece of meat in May 1967, then another brother's wife suffered from a fatal brain tumor, died in March 1973. Just two years later, her brother's two sons were implicated in the murder of a young woman, one of the sons being charged and convicted in 2002. A sister eventually died of alcoholism, followed by that sister's daughter who died in 2011 of a brain tumor. Three siblings later predeceased her, leaving her with just one surviving sibling who is 90 years old now.
And now she lost another granddaughter and great-grandson!
Rory is so adorable and pretty and looks so much like her daddy. Ethel is an amazing mother and to be adored so by her daughter speaks volumes about her character.
I have read a lot of books on the Kennedy family. I know the bad as well as the good. What an amazing family this was/is with their passion, family support, faith, competitiveness, and enormous strength, with all the tragedy they have endured.
I have to admire her for not going for any plastic surgery. Lots of sun Ethel!
I'm so heartbroken for their family right now...been through this horror with a loved one...Bless Ethel Kennedy, absolutely the Matriarch!
What an Amazing Lady. 'Ethel' is a Beautiful and Honest Documentary Rory. It has everything, but above all the powerful strength of character of your Mom comes through, as does your Dad, of course. The strength needed for her, and your whole family to get through those tragedies is tough to imagine, and her insistence in moving forward, and doing the next right thing. God Bless your whole Family for what you have contributed in the fight for Human Rights and Justice, and sadly at a very personal cost. Love from Ireland. 💚🇮🇪🇺🇸.
Have a baby nanny took it have another nanny took it have another on and on wow
I love Ethel Skakel Kennedy!!! She is such a wonderful strong willed woman and down to earth! Her strength helped get her family and the Nation through the tragic events of June 5/6, 1968. Ethel Skakel and Robert Francis Kennedy were a match made in Heaven.They were a perfect match! I can just imagine what fun it would have been to attend one of their house parties at Hickory Hill! They and their children would have made a wonderful First Family!.
My goodness, Rory looks just like her daddy!
Dear Mrs. E. Kennedy and Ms. Rory Kennedy. Thank you for the documentary. I've always loved documentary. Your fans. xox
Thinking of all of the pain this woman has endured and overcome makes my heart hopeful
jackie went threw the pain first
@@krystalcoats6224 Ethel Skakel Kennedy's parents died in the 1955 airplane crash when both were 63, followed by her brother George's own plane crash in 1966 at 44. A sister-in-law choked to death at just 39, on a piece of meat in 1967. Another sister-in-law died of brain cancer at 41 in 1973. Two of her nephews were implicated in a 1975 murder. One of her sisters died of alcoholism in 1983 at 64, followed by another brother with kidney failure in 1998 at 76. Another sister died in 2000, aged 75, then her final brother died in 2003 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Her oldest sister's daughter died in 2010 of brain cancer, aged 61, along with her brother George's son Mark who narrowly escaped death decades before after a small explosion incident. In 2016, her second sister's youngest daughter who was born handicapped, died. She only has one sibling who is alive today. This doesn't even include her two sons who died along with two of her grandchildren and two great grandchildren who are dead. Ethel had tragedy before Jackie and the tragedies in Ethel's life have continued unabated, to this day.
She is a very interesting lady; she is certainly courageous and I find her authenticity to be very refreshing considering the tragedy she had to bear at such a sensitive & vulnerable time as that during pregnancy. I lost my only sibling to suicide when I was 3 months along w/ my last child, so I think I feel very much able to relate, even if in smaller fashion; she inspires me as an outspoken woman & a devoted mother.
Who couldn’t do the same with money. No concerns over house maintenance, cooking, cleaning, child care, bills......... but I do admire the hell out of all the Kennedys.
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Ethel and Bobby even looked alike. Soul mates
ROBERT WAS MY HERO. I WAS FORTUNATE TO SEE HIM 4/68 IN CAPE GIRARDO MO. I FELL IN LOVE 😍
Rory looks so much like her father! Ethel has had such a long life!
Rory Kennedy is so very much like her mother, a wonderful family.
Hello, how're you doing over there, i hope this year bring great joy, and Happiness to your way? 🥀🪴🌹 I love the words that you commented on this, 🥰 I will love to talk to you, if only you will allow me to. your words are very brave, you must be very good to talk to. 🍎♥ Am John Patrick, from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from if i may ask?
Today June-5, 2022, I remember the great person that was Robert F. Kennedy. In Mexico a lot of people have lovely memories when JKF and Jackie visited our country.
The arrogance of these people is breathtaking. "So principled and so caring." Absolutely unbelievable.
My gosh. Rory is the spit of Ethel!
Amazing family
Excellent Documentary....Kudos to Rory Kennedy.
It was my first day of summer vacation from school. I was playing on my swing and I heard the news on the radio.
I was only 8 but I too was so sad to hear the news
You can see the family resemblance with Rory and Caroline.
She is the woman of an immense man to whom everyone should say Thanks for trying to change the destiny of a country and the whole world: Thanks Ethel Kennedy for being close therefore because of the unique high values of who is Robert Kennedy!
Ethel is a truly amazing woman love from Australia 🇦🇺
Whatever Mrs. Kennedy speaks, must be recorded in the National Archives. I know HBO is a commercial venture, but this lady's legacy must stand for every American generation.
93 Still Living Strong Women Widowed for 52 years now
Keep up the good work that you do Rory, your father would have been so proud! your mother is proud of you! your mother is so kind what a sweet lady, I just want to mention i was only 7 years old when i saw your father in person in the motor cade in los angeles, in 1968 his passing kind of affected me when i was a kid, he was my hero! I feel lucky to live in america.
I love Ethel, she is a good woman.
Ethel and Bobby look alike they were a lovely couple she is a strong woman of the world ‼️
The Kennedy's are like the Kings & Queens of America.
Ethel gave Cesar Chavez his first bite of food after his fast that almost killed him, she so compassionate, I will never forget her for that.
This wonderful family is so unfortunately public, the darkness can be such a distraction. I choose to reflect on their light.
My family is from New England. When my cousin, a college student, was on the beach; the Kennedy men invited him to play football with them.
I wish her well .She's so amazing . She lived so long . I bet her children , grandchildren and great grandchildren still need her . She should try Tru Niagen , an anti aging supplement developed by Australian scientist David Sinclair . Word is can help you live up to 150 or 200 . I bet her family would be glad to still have her around , indefinitely .
Thank you Mrs E Kennedy and Ms R Kennedy for sharing this. I’m so grateful for this family and for knowing a little more about how much you give and care. I appreciate knowing and I send my love and gratitude to you all 💜💙🙏🏾💚💛
WWG1WGA WORLD WIDE 💜🌎🌍🌏💜
I Truly Love Ethel Kennedy, Lost Both Her Parents In A Plane Crash, Lost Her Brother In Law And Husband To Assassins Bullets, Lost Two Son's And Nephew In Law JFK Jr In A Plane Crash, And The Good Lord Continues To Bless Her With A Life Of Longevity. 🙏🙏🙏
Sonia Desai And Brother George Skakel Jr In A Plane Crash In 1967🤧
Quentin Kirk , just like her mother in law Rose Kennedy !!
what is up with these people and plane crashes ?? ..they smack their cars up....and their record around woman??.... ..dangerous bunch...
All but one of Ethel's siblings are also dead.
@@billgray2352 Ethel's parents flew on a plane which her father was told weeks before the fatal crash, had a strange odor. The senior Skakels flew anyway. George Skakel Jr., lived a reckless, decadent lifestyle which eventually caught up with him in the plane crash.
JFK.was the best president American had ,and Bobby would have been the same.....Greetings from Ireland
JFK might have been a good president but he was a lousy husband. He committed adultery numerous times, something he learned from his father. His brother, Ted , was the same, but added murder to his resume .
Did you know since his administration; the USA has always given money to Ireland? I don't mind, I'm Irish.
@@janeiwasduncan8463 Jacqueline kennedy was much more gorgeous than marilyn monroe.
@@janeiwasduncan8463 uhm, out of context and kind of unrelated
I don't see Kennedy as the greatest POTUS ever. He only had a 3 year sample size and was quite ineffective at working with domestic policy, while also refusing to allocate those responsibilities to the more adept LBJ and focus on his strength of foreign relations.
Ethel truly understood her role in the Kennedy family. She never spoke about her personal triumph and finally becoming sober in late 2018. You know, and it's all quite obvious when you look back and connect the dots, but the Tammy Wynette song "Stand By Your Man" was actually written about Ethel and her keen sense of duty. She really stood by Bobby after his affair with Marilyn Monroe and then being responsible for drowning Mary Jo McAllister at Chappaquiddick. She really deserves to finally have a chance to live her own life outside of the purely sympathetic and overwhelming grief and disappointment of never living in the White House.
How do u know about her addiction?
@@lilsamantha1 Hi. It was in a National Enquirer article that I read in the supermarket check out line a few years ago. Ethel was a Raging Alcoholic and Perverted Sex Addict like most of the Kennedy Family. If I remember correctly, and I think that I do, Ethel tried to end her life at the Mary Jo Kopechne Memorial Bridge in Chappaquiddick Island while having sex with Snoop Dogg. Per the Enquirer, an Alien requested Sloppy Seconds and she completely forgot about jumping from the bridge while satisfying his instinctually driven needs. The Enquirer really should have won a Pulitzer Prize for that kind of reporting.
RFK was not responsible for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne that was Teddy Kennedy
@@pamwhite7634 But still a Kennedy
Hi Ethel, God Bless you & your family.
Too bad we lost John and Bobby . They were great men they loved their country . America should remember what those men stood for compared to the infant we have in the White House right now. We need to vote with our conscience and for the future of the next generations.
John and Bobby Kennedy were good men such a sad loss to the USA. Loved John F Kennedy Jr tragic too. all the way from Scotland.
Ethel and Bobby looked like they could be brother and sister.
Rory is the female version of her father. Ethel is a blessed lady.
God gives a Widow....His
Strength....❤❤
I always kinda liked Ethel. Just me. Bless.
She was not a good mother to her kids
@@savannahsimonsen6786 wait why?
@@jessetm7732 google it, she was not good to her kids after she lost Robert
She is the mother of 11, with two of them deceased. RFK once reminded some folks that he can afford all the children he was having.
Joy Harrison well he had a good job and cane from a rich family
What does that have to do with anything? Only idiots and animals have offspring they can't afford.
Who do I believe killed Jfk? I know who hated him and wanted him dead! LINDEN BANE Johnson!!! Hated the Kennedy J.EDGAR HOOVER HATED ALL OF THEM!! CROSS-RDRESSER AND PEDOPHILE LINDEN JOHNSON SAID HE WOULD NOT BE AROUND THE KENNEDYS EVER AGAIN LINDEN HAD NO CLASS!!!
Because 2 of them were dead and John Jon was killed by someone wanted him dead ! That person wanted to be in the government and wanted him gone! More than one ,!
HE was not having the children! Ethel was the one whose body was being used to carry all those babies. Men don’t know a thing about what happens before, during and after a child is born.
Ethel is the last of that generation of the glory days of the Kennedys. She is best known as the devout Catholic wife of Robert Kennedy. Live long Ethel. God bless you.
Ethel was and is amazing....what her life was about, how she lived and how she managed to survive the tragedies in her life. A remarkable woman who is still tough as nails while keeping her focus and philosophy. Any flaws in this picture ? probably, but we just don't know about them. They don't get publicized.
There are many unflattering accounts of Ethel Skakel Kennedy's life. For one, some accounts say that she farmed out her kids for others to raise, then turned a blind eye when some of the kids developed drug and alcohol problems. She was more concerned about negative press than getting her children the help they needed. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Ethel never knew i didn't know who she was. She asked me if I saw Bob on my way to her office, not realizing i didn't know who Bob was. "My husband!", she said. I knew her name was Ethel because that's the name she signed on her notes to me. And, indeed, i met a guy that day on my way to her office. Being embarrassed for my hurrying, against State House rules, I could be ticketed, so here i am doing a fast walk ? heading down the stairs near the Hall of Flags, when a guy appears at the bottom, Then he turns up the stairs toward me. I slowed down, even to a stop almost, said "Hi" as he did the same. Instead of arresting me he seemed pleased at our meeting. I didn't know at the time that that was Bob.
I Feel So Bad For Ethel
Ethel had been underrated and not given much media attention but she was the stalwart of the Kennedy family. God bless her 💖
The documentary is awesome!
Lovely lady, Ethel
Actually she isn't....she is quite a nasty personality according to those that had to work with her....especially household servants....
she's buried her husband, two of her sons, and then in the last year two grandaughters and a great grandson....I don't where you find the tenacity to keep going after that....
She also prematurely buried her parents, some of her siblings, a niece who died on Ethel's 61st wedding anniversary, two other nieces who were born with developmental disabilities, two nephews who were implicated in a murder. A lot of her siblings are also dead. She has been through hell and back several times over.
Beautiful Family, 🙏👍
Rory and Caroline look so much alike
Rory Kennedy looks a lot like her father Robert F. Kennedy. She has her father's resemblance, you gotta know genetic and hereditary traits.
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She has the longest teeth known to man!!!
About Caroline and Rory looking sooo much alike: My thoughts exactly.
Suzanna Canna
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I love the kennedys!!
Ethel Kennedy eine sehr starke und verlässliche Frau für ihren Ehemann und ihre Familie 😊❤
Rory looks just like her dad
Hello, how're you doing over there, i hope this year bring great joy, and Happiness to your way? 🥀🪴🌹 I love the words that you commented on this, 🥰 I will love to talk to you, if only you will allow me to. your words are very brave, you must be very good to talk to. 🍎♥ Am John Patrick, from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from if i may ask?
rory looks so much like caroline kennedy
she looks like her dad...
It's the TEETH
NO, CAROLINE IS CUTE, much better looking.
She is such a lovely woman, my goodness.
No she wasn't she was a racist and many of the people that worked for her of color attested to how bad she treated them and he house was overrun with too many damn kids.
@@mjohnson1741 Racist? Wow, you’re a little pit off prick huh? Get the fuck outta here.
@@AaronDanieltenni How about you actually read instead of willfully being ignorant? It was actually Kennedy family members who brought up Ethel's racism www.bostonherald.com/2018/07/08/howie-carr-kennedys-are-hyannisport-hypocrites-when-it-comes-to-racial-ethnic-diversity/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5898575/Ethel-Kennedy-treated-immigrant-servants-like-dogs-sources-say.html
@@mjohnson1741 To be frank with you I’d prefer to stick to the fact on how the 60s were different and horrifying, not some lies.
@@AaronDanieltenni Really you determined that in 6 minutes? I was neutral on the Kennedy's until I actually did my homework. To be frank with you, you just prefer a time of bigotry because God forbid someone serves you sobering truth to interrupt your profound ignorance of how you would like to see things. The Kennedy's in general are known racists and anti semitic and this has been documented throughout history, they just have the money and power to cover it up. Do what you will sir, namaste I can't engage further.
DAUGHTER LOOKS JUST LIKE BOBBY.///// there is a film called 'BOBBY' ----WELL DONE......
So beautiful woman.Un buen ejemplo para la sociedad.La admiro y la respeto .
lovely, lovely woman. Bless her!
SHE WAS A TOUGH LADY.OUTDOOR TYPE MEANT TO BE A MOM AND I NEVER HEARD A BAD WORD ABOUT HER. SHE AND BOBBY HAD A LOT OF LOVE FOR EACH OTHER..
Then you didn't talk to the staff who were people of color she called them racial slurs and she had a habit of not paying debts and trying to use the Kennedy name as leverage.
She would accumulate charge accounts all across the Washington region and not pay them. There was physical violence on her part to household help and she thinks people should feel honored to work for her for free, simply because she wears the Kennedy name.
Personas con mucha clase desde su nacimiento.
she looks like her
dad!
The pretty, girl version (thank gawd).
I totally agree
@@rachybaby72 .
Natalie gonzalez she certainly does!
Yes, the droopy eyes and yes looks like Caroline.
True lady😊
Hello, how're you doing over there, i hope this year bring great joy, and Happiness to your way? 🥀🪴🌹 I love the words that you commented on this, 🥰 I will love to talk to you, if only you will allow me to. your words are very brave, you must be very good to talk to. 🍎♥ Am John Patrick, from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from if i may ask?
She look like her dad and her mom still look the same she is so cute
THE BELOVED 💙 FOREVER ETHYL, HER SISTER'S IN-LAWS, BROTHER IN-LAWS, CHILDREN NIECE'S & NEPHEWS & GRAND CHILDREN!!! YOU ETHYL ARE THE EPITOM
OF "THE COOLNESS" STRENGTH & ALL GREATNESS. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HUSBAND HAS CHANGED HISTORY FOREVER AS YOUR BROTHER IN-LAW J.F.K. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE'S OF AMERICAN AS YOUR HUSBAND THE GREATEST ROBERT KENNEDY WOULD HAVE BECOME***HAD THIS NOT EVER HAVE HAPPENED? & WHAT FOLLOWED CHANGED THE HISTORY FOREVER OF THE WORLD. THE ONE IN OFFICE NOW HAS NO COOTH, MORALS, VALUES ETC. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 💝💝 💝 MY LOVE OF YOUR CHARACTER IS THE WORLD TO ME!!! YOU ARE LOVED AROUND THE WORLD ETHYL & I'M SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS TO ONE OF THE GREATEST WOMEN KNOWN TO MANKIND AND I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART 💓!!!!!!!!!!!
Best President ever!!!☘️
Gran mujer!!!
I meet Ethel once in Denmark.Fredrikshavn.And Katie Couric to.....1992
La piu' bella ricchezza, e' avere una famiglia unita ed amorevole come la sua signora Ethel, grande donna e grandiosa mamma 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Rory is my kind of candy girl. She's very lovely.
Where could I find the story of Ethel saving the neighbour’s neglected horses
Rory has daddy’s eyes and eyebrows. Rfk and jfk were so hot...
JFK Jr was the hottest
@@darreylhenderson702 I agree!! And now caroline's son Jack is also very handsome
She has his teeth too
she is shy and almost 90
Thankyou
Linda. 💝
What a remarkable lovely lady
Amazing family that bore too much tragedy.
Ethel is pretty tough rfk should of grew old with her. Not fair. The Kennedy teeth I always said RFK had perfect teeth too bad he never met his daughter....
Arron - God willing, Robert will one day.
Ethel was reportedly not the nicest person in the world, especially toward Jackie (of whom she was jealous) and to her servants. The fates of so many of her children also indicate someone whose motherhood was secondary to other things. She was more enamored about being a Kennedy than anything else.
She was preoccupied with traveling, shopping, wining and dining wealthy friends, playing tennis and riding horses than she was with anything else. Other people raised her children.
Ethel is just like her mother, Ann Brannack Skakel, who often left her children to hired help for months on end, so she could travel, party, and be out in the community.
Why do I have answers all these questions good answer Mrs Ethel Kennedy
Oh I have been questioned for 3 years
Dear Rory❤
No likes here? lol Miss all of the Kennedys who have passed on, may they rest in peace~
I feel so sorry for her. Bringing up 11 kids on her own especially was pregnant when Robert got assassinated. Her last kid never got to meet her father. It's nice to see her joyful. Still willing to talk to the public. 🙂
On her own? Hello! Did you forget she had tons of money and nannies? You don't really think she raised them do you?
I always thought Ethel and Bobby looked like brother and sister.
I respect Ethel more than any of the other Kennedy women.......
Toina - Really?! Even though Bobby was murdered, at least Ethel didn't HOLD HIS BRAINS IN HER HANDS. Unfortunately, Jackie was RIGHT THERE!!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Good job Rory.
Rory looks like she could be caroline sister...they are almost identical