Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times. Sen. Edward Kennedy, the youngest of the Kennedy siblings, died of brain cancer in August 2009, the same month their sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver died. From left: Her sister Kathleen, father Joseph Patrick Kennedy, brother Edward, mother Rose, sister Patricia and brother Robert. They were every bit as true of their sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, a woman who made of dreams reality. Her son, Dr. William Kennedy Smith, made headlines in 1991, when he was charged with rape at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Source: CBC News June 18, 2020 12:53 UTC