Ethel Kennedy, the matriarch of the Kennedy family and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has died at the age of 96 after suffering a stroke, her family said.

“It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our wonderful grandmother,” Joe Kennedy III said on X. “She passed away this morning from complications related to a stroke she suffered last week.”

Ethel Kennedy, whose late husband was assassinated during his 1968 presidential campaign, raised 11 children, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently ended an unsuccessful bid for the White House.

Kennedy’s life was marred by periodic tragedies. In addition to her husband’s death, her parents died in a plane crash in 1955 and her brother died in a crash in 1966, while her son David died of a drug overdose and Michael Kennedy, another son, died in a skiing accident.

Funeral services have not been announced.

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