Rest in Peace, Jean Kennedy Smith

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'Jean Kennedy Smith 1928–2020
Kennedy sister and architect of peace in Northern Ireland dies at 92' WP

"Jean Kennedy Smith, a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and the last of a generation of overachieving, tragedy-stalked siblings whose influence on American political life and culture has surpassed that of most any other single family, died June 17 at her home in Manhattan. She was 92.

Her daughter Amanda Hood confirmed the death but said she did not know the cause.
Mrs. Smith was often described as the quiet Kennedy. She kept a lower profile than her kin, but it was hard not to when her siblings included President John F. Kennedy; Senators Edward and Robert Kennedy, both of whom ran for president themselves; a sister, Patricia, who wed and later divorced movie actor Peter Lawford; Joseph, a naval aviator killed in World War II; and Eunice, the founder of the Special Olympics.

Jean Kennedy Smith achieved political renown in her own right as one of the architects of peace in Northern Ireland and as a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient for her work with children with intellectual and physical disabilities. Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. once said of her work as ambassador from 1993 to 1998, “Jean may well be the best politician of all the Kennedys, but she needed this position to really show that.”" WP

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