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''Not to be confused with his son, [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]]'' | ''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 | + | '''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. |
== Career == | == Career == |
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Born | Robert Francis Kennedy November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | June 6, 1968 (Age 42) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | gunshot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents | • Joseph P. Kennedy • Sr. • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | • Kathleen • Joseph • Robert F. Kennedy Jr • David • Courtney • Michael • Kerry • Christopher • Max • Douglas • Rory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Ethel Skakel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Kennedy family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Victim of | assassination | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest of | Nicole Shanahan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | • See: • Kennedy family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Subpage | •RFK/Assassination | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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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