- Ethel Kennedy Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke While Sleeping, Family Shared
Ethel Kennedy, the matriarch of the Kennedy political family, wife of the late Senator Robert Kennedy and sister-in-law of former President John F. Kennedy, suffered a stroke last week, her family revealed.
Kennedy’s daughter, Kerry Kennedy, issued a statement sharing an update on her mother’s health in which she asked people to keep the 96-year-old in their prayers.
“I want to tell you about my incredible mother, Ethel Kennedy,” he wrote in a statement posted on X.
“Unfortunately, on Thursday morning he suffered a stroke in his sleep,” his daughter wrote. ‘She was taken to an area hospital where she is now receiving treatment. “She feels comfortable, receives the best possible care and is surrounded by family.”
Kennedy wrote that her mother is a “strong woman” who has led a “remarkably full life.”
Kennedy asked people to keep her mother in their thoughts and prayers and asked them to respect the family’s privacy at this time.
Ethel Kennedy, 96, suffered a stroke in her sleep on Thursday and was hospitalized, her daughter shared in a statement. Kerry Kennedy asked that people keep her in their ‘thoughts and prayers’
Her daughter also shared that as of Thursday, Kennedy was doing well.
“He’s had a great summer and transition into the fall,” the 59-year-old added.
‘Every day he enjoyed time with his children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was able to get out on the water, visit the dock, and enjoy many lunches and dinners with the family. “It has been a gift for all of us and for her too.”
The matriarch of the Kennedy family is the mother of eleven children with the late Senator Kennedy, to whom she was married from 1950 until his assassination in 1968.
At the time, she was pregnant with her youngest daughter, a daughter the senator never met.
After Kennedy’s assassination, he founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and worked tirelessly for world peace.
Ethel Kennedy with Robert F. Kennedy on their wedding day in Greenwich, CT in 1950
Ethel Kennedy with her husband, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy, in 1962
Kennedy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama on November 24, 2014.
Ethel Kennedy posing backstage with members of her family in 2012 at Carnegie Hall
In 2014, then-President Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian award.
During the ceremony, he said she “has touched the lives of countless people around the world with her generosity and grace.”
In April, Kennedy celebrated her 96th birthday surrounded by her family, including children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
An image of Ethel Kennedy surrounded by her family celebrating her 96th birthday in April shared by her grandson.
An image of the occasion posted by her grandson, former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, showed the 96-year-old smiling with dozens of her family members.
She captioned it: “Happy 96th to the most amazing grandma in the world!!”