RFK

RFK      (politician, JFK/Assassination/Premature death)
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 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
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.  United States Attorney General In office January 20, 1961 - September 3, 1964 Deputy Nicholas Katzenbach Preceded by William P. Rogers  United States Senator from New York In office January 3, 1965 - June 6, 1968 Preceded by Kenneth Keating

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."

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.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Description
JFK/Presidency	20 January 1961	22 November 1963	The JFK administration
Lyndon Johnson/Presidency	22 November 1963	20 January 1969	The administration of president Lyndon B. Johnson

Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.