Kennedy, Kara
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| Birthname | Kara Anne Kennedy | ||||
| born on | 27 February 1960 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Bronxville, New York, 40n56, 73w50 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   08°00'  18°25 Asc. 07°25'
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Biography
American homemaker, filmmaker and television producer who was a member of the Kennedy political family. She was the oldest of the three children of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Joan Bennett Kennedy and was their only daughter. Kennedy was also a niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy served on the boards of numerous charities.
On 9 September 1990, Kennedy and Michael Allen, an architect and real estate developer from Rhode Island, were married at the Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts. When she married, Kennedy dropped her middle name "Anne" and replaced it with her maiden name "Kennedy" as her new middle name. Kennedy and Allen had two children, Grace Elizabeth Allen, also known as Grace Kennedy Allen (born 1994), and Max Greathouse Allen (born 1996). Kennedy's marriage to Allen ended in divorce.
In 2002, at age 42, Kennedy was diagnosed with lung cancer. A former smoker, Kennedy was initially told that the cancer was inoperable. Nevertheless, with her father's help, she found a surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who was willing to remove part of her right lung in an effort to save her life. The operation was successful, and Kennedy resumed an active life that included regular running and swimming.
On 12 August 2009, Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on behalf of her father at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Her father died 13 days later; he had been diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.
On 16 September 2011, two years after her father's death, Kennedy suffered a fatal heart attack in a Washington, D.C., health club after her daily workout. She was 51.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Allen, Grace (born 19 September 1994)
- child->parent relationship with Kennedy, Joan Bennett (born 5 September 1935)
- child->parent relationship with Kennedy, Ted (born 22 February 1932)
- sibling relationship with Kennedy, Patrick J. (born 14 July 1967)
- sibling relationship with Kennedy, Ted Jr. (born 26 September 1961)
Events
Source Notes
Starkman quotes Davis Lester's biography "Joan- The Reluctant Kennedy" (1974). On page 54: "Kara Anne arrived at nine in the morning on February 27".
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Production jobs