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{{person | {{person | ||
|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy | ||
| + | |spartacus=http://spartacus-educational.com/USAkennedyR.htm | ||
|image=Robert F. Kennedy.jpg | |image=Robert F. Kennedy.jpg | ||
| + | |imdb=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448305/ | ||
|victim_of=assassination | |victim_of=assassination | ||
|birth_date=November 20, 1925 | |birth_date=November 20, 1925 | ||
|death_date=June 6, 1968 | |death_date=June 6, 1968 | ||
| − | |description=Brother of murdered US president [[John F. Kennedy]], Robert had been his Attorney General and wanted to become US President himself so he could uncover his brothers killers. Assassinated. | + | |description=Brother of murdered US president [[John F. Kennedy]], Robert had been his Attorney General and wanted to become [[US President]] himself so he could uncover his brothers killers. Assassinated. |
| − | |constitutes=politician | + | |constitutes=politician, JFK/Assassination/Premature death |
|spouses=Ethel Skakel | |spouses=Ethel Skakel | ||
|alma_mater=Harvard University, University of Virginia | |alma_mater=Harvard University, University of Virginia | ||
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|birth_place=Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | |birth_place=Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
| + | |death_cause=gunshot | ||
|religion=Roman Catholic | |religion=Roman Catholic | ||
|political_parties=Democratic | |political_parties=Democratic | ||
| − | |children=Kathleen, Joseph, Robert Jr., David, Courtney, Michael, Kerry, Christopher, Max, Douglas, Rory | + | |children=Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David, Courtney, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Christopher G. Kennedy, Max Kennedy, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, Rory Kennedy |
|relatives=See:, Kennedy family | |relatives=See:, Kennedy family | ||
| + | |parents=Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy | ||
| + | |wikiquote=http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/RFK | ||
|employment={{job | |employment={{job | ||
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|title=United States Attorney General | |title=United States Attorney General | ||
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| − | '''Robert Francis Kennedy''', commonly known as "Bobby" or by his initials '''RFK''', was an American [[politician]], who | + | ''Not to be confused with his son, [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]]'' |
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| + | '''Robert Francis Kennedy''', commonly known as "Bobby" or by his initials '''RFK''', was an American [[politician]], who was a Senator for New York from 1965 until his [[Robert F. Kennedy/Assassination|assassination]] in 1968. | ||
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| + | == Career == | ||
| + | [[James DiEugenio]] termed RFK's effort to become [[US president]] "perhaps the most bold and brilliant presidential campaign in the last 60 years. Here was the last crusade of the [[1960s]]."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/04/distorting-the-life-of-bobby-kennedy/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Assassination== | ||
| + | {{FA|RFK/Assassination}} | ||
| + | This was blamed on a "[[lone nut]]", [[Sirhan Sirhan]], but many researchers suggest that it was in fact a contract killing carried out by the [[CIA]] for the [[US Deep state]] through [[Robert Maheu]] and [[Thane Eugene Cesar]]. | ||
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| − | {{ | + | ==References== |
| + | {{RefList}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:51, 24 May 2023
Not to be confused with his son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Robert Francis Kennedy, commonly known as "Bobby" or by his initials RFK, was an American politician, who was a Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.
Career
James DiEugenio termed RFK's effort to become US president "perhaps the most bold and brilliant presidential campaign in the last 60 years. Here was the last crusade of the 1960s."[1]
Assassination
- Full article: RFK/Assassination
- Full article: RFK/Assassination
This was blamed on a "lone nut", Sirhan Sirhan, but many researchers suggest that it was in fact a contract killing carried out by the CIA for the US Deep state through Robert Maheu and Thane Eugene Cesar.
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