Late US Senator Robert Kennedy's Widow Passes away at 96

On Thursday, Ethel Kennedy, human rights advocate and the widow of the late US senator Robert F. Kennedy, passed away at the age of 96.

Her grandson Joseph Kennedy III announced in a social media, posting: "It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our amazing grandmother, Ethel Kennedy. She died this morning from complications related to a stroke suffered last week."

Kennedy worked hard to carry her husband's works and dreams with establishing the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights center.

She was the mother of former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently endorse Donald Trump, breaking his family's traditions.

Her husband Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.

She also concentrated on taking care of their 11 children, alongside her activities in human rights.

In addition, she faced several family tragedies as her parents were killed in a plane crash in 1955, and she lost a brother in a 1966 plane crash.

Her son David died of a drug overdose in 1984, and her son Michael was killed in a skiing accident in 1997. 

Her granddaughter Saoirse died after a drug overdose in 2019.

She was honored the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the former US President Barack Obama in 2014.