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    RFK Jr. responds to the death of his ‘fearless’ mother Ethel: ‘Wonderful love invented’

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    Ethel Kennedy has died at the age of 96

    Widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy and mother of eleven children Ethel Kennedy died Thursday after suffering a stroke.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media Thursday night to honor his mother, Ethel Kennedy, after she died at the age of 96.

    “My mother, Ethel Skakel Kennedy, passed away peacefully to heaven this morning. She was 96. She died in Boston surrounded by many of her nine surviving children and her friends,” RFK Jr. wrote. on X.

    His lengthy tribute had almost 100,000 likes on Thursday evening.

    Ethel Kennedy had eleven children with her late husband, Robert F. Kennedy, before his assassination in 1968. She was pregnant with their eleventh child, a daughter named Rory, at the time of his death.

    ETHEL KENNEDY, WIDOW OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY, DEAD AT AGE 96

    Ethel Shakel Kennedy

    Ethel Shakel Kennedy Hope Awards Dinner, Show, New York, USA – December 13, 2017. (Stephen Lovekin/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

    “God gave her 34 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and the energy to give them all the attention they needed. He blessed her with a rich and eventful life. Even as she deteriorated in recent months, she never lost her sense of fun, her humor, her spark, her courage and her joie de vivre. She stole every moment of joy, but for 56 years she spoke with longing of the day she would reunite with her beloved husband,” reads RFK Jr.’s tribute.

    After her husband’s death, Ethel founded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization later in 1968.

    “She is now with him, with my brothers David and Michael, with her parents, her six siblings, all of whom predeceased her, and her ‘adopted’ Kennedy siblings Jack, Kick, Joe, Teddy, Eunice , Jean, Rosemary and Patricia,” her son’s post continues. “From the day she met my father, her new family noticed that she was ‘more Kennedy than the Kennedys.’

    ETHEL KENNEDY, 96-year-old widow of Robert F. Kennedy, suffers stroke, family asks for prayers

    Ethel Kennedy was passionate about supporting Democratic politicians and political causes throughout her life. President Barack Obama presented Kennedy with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.

    “My mother invented tough love, and she could be tough on her children when we didn’t meet her expectations. But she was also intensely loyal, and we always knew that she would stand fiercely behind us when we were attacked by others,” Kennedy wrote.

    Ethel Kennedy attends a ceremony

    Ethel Kennedy attends a ceremony to announce that the next ship in the next generation of fleet replenishment oilers will be named USNS Robert F. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston on September 20, 2016. Many members of the Kennedy family and others dignitaries were present. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

    RFK Jr. ended his tribute by saying, “I appreciate her for all my virtues. I am grateful for her generosity in overlooking my faults.”

    According to RFK Jr. his family was not entirely on board with his recent support of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 elections.

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    Ethel Kennedy suffered a stroke on October 3 and was hospitalized before her death, according to her family.

    Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to [email protected]

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