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  Michael Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kennedy was married to Victoria Gifford, daughter of Frank Gifford.
In 1997, the news broke that Kennedy was having an affair with the family's former babysitter.
Michael Kennedy was skiing with several other members of the Kennedy family when he hit a tree while they were playing football on skis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Kennedy   (266 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: John F. Kennedy Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
His father was assassinated on November 22, 1963, three days before Kennedy Jr.'s third birthday, and the son's poignant salute of his father's casket during the funeral procession became a heartbreaking and iconic image of the 1960s.
At Brown, Kennedy was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity (though the chapter at the time was officially inactive).
On July 16, 1999, Kennedy was killed, along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and his sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, when the aircraft he was piloting, a Piper Saratoga, crashed in the sea en route from Essex County Airport in Fairfield, New Jersey, to Martha's Vineyard, where his family has a vacation house.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-F.-Kennedy-Jr.   (506 words)

  
 Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy was the seventh child of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy born on November 20, 1925.
Originally Kennedy had declined speculations that he was going to try for the Democratic nomination in 1968 against the incumbent President Lyndon Johnson.
Kennedy won the Indiana and Nebraska primaries, lost the Oregon primary and on June 4, 1968 picked up a big boost in his drive toward the Democratic nomination when he won in South Dakota and in California.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_f__kennedy.html   (734 words)

  
 NewStandard: 6/22/97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the public eye the children of Robert Kennedy and their cousins are lumped together and stained by the stumblings and exploits of a few: by the alcohol and drug abuse, the arrests, the sex scandals.
Kennedy asserted that her husband had bullied her into an annulment of their marriage of 12 years.
Rory Kennedy, a graduate of Brown University who majored in women's studies, retorts that the lieutenant governor of Maryland is a "radical conservative." Rory Kennedy wears long fl slip skirts and makes compelling video documentaries about the plight of female addicts and the urgent need for needle-exchange programs.
www.s-t.com /daily/06-97/06-22-97/a01wn005.htm   (4044 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Rory: The Quiet Kennedy
Instead of a wedding photo, though, Kennedy has been left with this snapshot of July 17: She is on the beach with her fiance, Mark Bailey, walking along the beach outside the Kennedy compound.
Rory Elizabeth Kennedy, her parents' 11th child, was born six months after her father, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated in June 1968.
Instead, Rory was the one watching over Michael--pounding his chest, cradling his head, comforting his children--when her brother died in a freak skiing accident in Aspen, Colo., in 1997.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/jfkjr/stories/rory072199.htm   (1160 words)

  
 The Power of Education: Fighting AIDS in Asia and the World
Kennedy recognized the alarming rate at which the disease was spreading to other parts of the world and believed that the global community must learn from its experiences with AIDS in Africa and apply that knowledge elsewhere in the world.
Kennedy that AIDS in the United States is "somewhat of a separate issue" from the international crisis and was therefore not included in the film.
Kennedy respond to the audience member's question of why the United States was not included in the film, Dr. Malcom suggested that the film is still a useful springboard for discussing HIV/AIDS related issues in the United States and would be useful in tackling the denial that exists here.
www.asiasource.org /asip/pandemic.cfm   (1007 words)

  
 Rory Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born December 12, 1968) is the youngest of the eleven children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
The first company she founded with Vanessa Vadim in the 1990's called MayDay Media based in Washington, D. Kennedy Bailey and Liz Garbus later formed a company called Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc. Kennedy Bailey also advocates for several social activism organizations.
, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and his wife's sister Lauren Bessette died in a plane crash en route to Rory Kennedy's 1999 wedding, which was originally scheduled for July 17, the day after the crash.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rory_Kennedy   (205 words)

  
 Pam Gonzales -- Fighting Aids with Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kennedy also said in her lecture that though there are currently so many infections, the epidemic is new to Russia and no one has even become sick yet.They are infected with HIV, however, it has not progressed to AIDS yet and so they are not exhibiting any of the signs of the illness.
Kennedy said that though she understands the company's position, she feels there should be a way around it.
Kennedy said this style of film created a lot of challenges in finding subjects and that much of the time they were lucky that the subjects were as brave as they were to appear in the film.
newmedia.colorado.edu /wwwboard/messages/1861.html   (1129 words)

  
 Family Tree
Kennedy was one of Franklin Roosevelt’s prime financial backers in his 1932 presidential campaign.
Kennedy's gallant courage during the tragedy of her husband's assassination won her the admiration of the world.
Rory and her brother Douglas were arrested in the mid 1980's for protesting.
www.kennedy-web.com /tree.htm   (2103 words)

  
 John F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy and the Bessette sisters were traveling from Caldwell, New Jersey, to Hyannis Port for the wedding of Mark Bailey and Rory Kennedy, the last unmarried daughter of Ethel Kennedy and the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy, a licensed private pilot, was expected to arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport in Massachusetts in his Piper Saratoga II TC sometime before 10 p.m.
Friday, Kennedy radioed the airport and said he was 13 miles from the airport and 10 miles from the coast, according to WCVB-TV news in Boston.
www.whatreallyhappened.com /RANCHO/CRASH/JFK_JR/upi.html   (1302 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: John F. Kennedy, Jr.
The eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy was involved in a car accident that left a female passenger paralyzed for life.
The son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy and the 35th president was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22.
The daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy was institutionalized because of retardation and a failed lobotomy.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/jfkjr/timeline.htm   (347 words)

  
 CNN - Michael Kennedy laid to rest - January 3, 1998
Earlier, during a funeral Mass at a Catholic church on Cape Cod, Kennedy was eulogized as a talented idealist committed to finishing the work of his slain father, despite a shadow of scandal that covered the last year of his life.
All nine of Kennedy's surviving siblings were part of the crowd of nearly 500 mourners who packed into Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville for his funeral.
Kennedy was the sixth of Robert and Ethel Kennedy's 11 children.
www.cnn.com /US/9801/03/kennedy.pm   (949 words)

  
 CNN - Family, friends grieve at Michael Kennedy's funeral - January 3, 1998
Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, died New Year's eve in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado.
Joseph P. Kennedy II mixed family humor and poetic verse in a eulogy for his brother at the funeral Mass.
Michael Kennedy was the sixth of Robert and Ethel Kennedy's 11 children, and was married to Victoria Gifford Kennedy, the daughter of sportscaster Frank Gifford.
www.cnn.com /US/9801/03/kennedy.funeral.2   (552 words)

  
 Boston.com / JFK Jr. Missing
Rory Kennedy and Mark Bailey stroll along the beach in front of the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis after hearing news of JFK Jr.'s plane disappearance.
Around 1 p.m., Sen. Kennedy phoned a close friend and said the family was holding out "hope upon hope that a miracle might happen.'' But, the friend said, Kennedy's voice sounded tired and flat.
Caroline Kennedy, John's older sister, was on a rafting vacation in the West, and had not been planning to attend the wedding, but President Clinton had reportedly telephoned her to offer her assistance in flying back east.
www.boston.com /news/packages/jfkjr/scene_compound.htm   (712 words)

  
 Rory Kennedy full of mixed emotions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kennedy, 30, was the last of the 11 children born to Ethel and Robert Kennedy.
Kennedy's brother Michael died after he crashed head-first into a tree during a family game of football on skis in Aspen, Colo. It was Ms.
Kennedy didn't follow her relatives into politics, but she continued their tradition of activism, beginning with her 1985 arrest along with brother Douglas while protesting apartheid in front of the South African embassy in Washington.
www.usatoday.com /news/index/jfk/jfk058.htm   (618 words)

  
 AEGiS-Reuters: Film Maker Puts Faces to AIDS Tragedy
Kennedy, the youngest daughter of the late U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy, has focused on a more manageable number -- five -- to make her film conveying the tragedy of HIV/AIDS.
Focusing on a former Thai sex worker dying in a Buddhist monastery, a Russian couple infected via drug use, a gay Brazilian, orphans in Uganda and an Indian truck driver, the film covers the overwhelming scope of an epidemic that infects all ages, races and religions.
Kennedy is expecting her first child later this year.
www.aegis.com /news/re/2002/RE020743.html   (766 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Kennedy Plan Missing -- July 18, 1999
John F. Kennedy Jr, 38, was flying his six-seat Piper Saratoga-style aircraft to Hyannisport, MA to attend the wedding of his cousin, Rory Kennedy, youngest daughter of former Senator Robert Kennedy.
When John Kennedy's plane had not arrived as of midnight, the family contacted the FAA and a vigil at the house began.
Kennedy, the only surviving son of the 35th president of the United States, is often remembered for when, as a three-year-old, he saluted the coffin of his fallen father.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/transportation/july-dec99/kennedy_7-17.html   (497 words)

  
 CBS News | The Kennedy Destiny | July 6, 2000 17:24:59
When their plane disappeared, Kennedy, his wife and her sister were on their way to Massachusetts for the latest Kennedy family wedding.
The family quickly cancelled Rory's wedding and a fund-raiser for Kennedy's uncle, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, that was to be held on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Sunday night.
Ted Kennedy said he and Kopechne had been trying to catch the ferry to the Vineyard, but took a wrong turn onto the dirt road that led to the Dike Bridge sometime between 11:30 p.m.
uttm.com /stories/1999/07/17/national/main54809.shtml   (1031 words)

  
 Facing a Global Health Crisis: Rory Kennedy and "Pandemic: Facing AIDS"
All things being equal, Kennedy should be proud of "Pandemic: Facing AIDS." The series (which debuts Sunday, June 15th at 7pm on HBO) follows families and individuals affected by the disease in five of the world's AIDS hotspots: Thailand, Russia, Uganda, India, and Brazil.
Rory Kennedy spoke to indieWIRE about the AIDS crisis, awareness-raising filmmaking, and the trials of shooting in the developing world.
Rory Kennedy: Four years ago, I had been asked to join a White House delegation under the Clinton administration to go to Africa and make a short film about the AIDS crisis there.
www.indiewire.com /people/people_030612roryk.html   (1893 words)

  
 Rory Kennedy
Kennedy was also the Education Outreach Director at Video/Action Fund, and used the videos she produced in unique grassroots distribution and awareness campaigns.
Rory Kennedy is on the Board of Directors for a number of non-profit organizations including The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, The Legal Action Center and the Project Return Foundation.
Kennedy has also spoken on a number of film-related events, including panels and seminars at the Sundance Film Festival, the Doubletake Film Festival, the Museum of Television and Radio and has served as a judge for the DocFest documentary film festival in New York.
www.kennedy-web.com /rory.htm   (689 words)

  
 CBS News | Rory Kennedy Married | May 2, 2000 15:34:11
Kennedy married Mark Bailey late Monday on the grounds of the family compound of shipowner Vardis Vardinoyiannis in the exclusive northern Athens suburb of Ekali, in a close family circle, Vardinoyiannis' office said Tuesday.
Kennedy, 30, is the last of 11 children born to Ethel and the late Sen. Robert Kennedy.
Vardinoyiannis is the representative here of the Washington-based Robert F. Kennedy Memorial foundation and is on the board of directors of the Special Olympics, which was founded by one of the bride's aunts, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/08/03/national/main40126.shtml   (413 words)

  
 FILMMAKER MAGAZINE | Summer 2003: True Tales From The Global Crisis
Kennedy: I would, because the search for a story, trying to find what makes somebody tick, is a really interesting process to me. Obviously if it was a film about how great the death penalty is, then I would have an issue with that and I would draw the line.
Kennedy: One of the first films I made after Women of Substance was called Fire in Our House, which was about needle exchange programs, intravenous drug users and AIDS in the United States.
Kennedy: [laughs] One of the challenges of making this film is that we were shooting people who spoke six different languages, none of which were English.
www.filmmakermagazine.com /summer2003/features/global_crisis.php   (2376 words)

  
 Douglas Brinkley - John Kennedy Jr.'s most prolific mourner. By David Plotz
Douglas Brinkley is the William Ginsburg of the Kennedy death circus.
That identification with Kennedy accounts in part for Brinkley's tenuous proposition: that Kennedy's death is the signal event of his generation, the moment Gen X lost its innocence.
Brinkley's belief that Kennedy is someone who matters--matters enough for two op-eds and countless TV gigs, in fact--is a good starting point for understanding the young prof.
www.slate.com /id/32362   (1566 words)

  
 BYU NewsNet - Filmmaker screens new film documentary at BYU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rory Kennedy responds to applause for her new documentary "A Boy's Life," which screened Monday at BYU.
Kennedy, a graduate of Brown University, has made numerous social-issue films that chronicle her personal interests and the legacy of her father, Sen. Robert Kennedy, including the global AIDS crisis, human rights, domestic abuse, poverty and addiction.
Kennedy said she became interested in making "A Boy's Life" because of the changes in current welfare law that impact families who depend on welfare.
newsnet.byu.edu /story.cfm/47268   (436 words)

  
 Boston.com / JFK Jr. Missing
ATHENS, Greece -- Rory Kennedy, whose wedding was called off after the death of her cousin John F. Kennedy Jr., was married in a private ceremony at the home of a Greek shipping magnate.
Kennedy married Mark Bailey late Monday on the grounds of the family compound of shipowner Vardis Vardinoyiannis in the exclusive northern Athens suburb of Ekali, ``in a close family circle,'' Vardinoyiannis' office said today.
Kennedys have been frequent guests on the Varmar VE -- most recently, Maria Shriver and her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger, who were reportedly on board last month.
www.boston.com /news/packages/jfkjr/rory_wedding.htm   (471 words)

  
 GVSU: News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kennedy, co-founder and president of Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc., is widely considered one of the nation's most prolific independent documentary filmmakers.
Kennedy's film "American Hollow" about an Appalachian family caught between century-old tradition and the encroaching modern world premiered to critical acclaim at a previous Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast as part of HBO's "America Undercover" series and received a Non-Fiction Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Rory Kennedy's visit and the Student Film Fest are presented by Grand Valley's School of Communications in celebration of its 20-year anniversary.
www.gvsu.edu /news/news_article_print.cfm?ID=7189   (778 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - Tough 'Life' for Kennedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rory Kennedy could have gone into the family business - government - but she chose a different form of public service.
Kennedy followed Oliver, his troubled mother, controlling grandmother, teachers and therapist for two years, recording his successes at school and setbacks at home.
Although Kennedy has always had an activist bent - at age 14 she was arrested in front of the South African embassy in Washington, D.C., for protesting apartheid - she was never particularly interested in film.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/176477p-153618c.html   (447 words)

  
 Rory Kennedy makes a documentary.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rory set out to make a documentary but returned with a whole new perspective.
Rory says that her father, Robert Kennedy, visited Appalachia in 1964 and was very moved by what he saw — malnourished children, dilapidated houses — and it was a real turning point in his life.
Rory's inspiration comes from living with these people, who have been through so much — especially a 70–year old mother who still gets up at 5am — working 15 to 18 hour a day — never tiring.
www.oprah.com /rys/journeys/rys_journeys_20000217.jhtml   (260 words)

  
 HBO:A Boy's Life - Interviews
RORY: We started off talking to a number of different social service organizations and agencies that were involved in cases of children with mental illness.
RORY: The town of Eupora, Mississippi is small, numbering only about 2,300, with 20% of the population being from broken families with little to no male presence.
Kennedy also directed for HBO's America Undercover, THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN, about the final life and death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first fl woman in America to be executed in modern times.
www.hbo.com /docs/programs/boys_life/interview.html   (1128 words)

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