Kennedy curse strikes again
Promising student Saoirse found dead
The shocked the world death to was of learn Robert of F. Kennedy’s beloved granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill last week. The young woman – who was a picture of youth – died of a suspected overdose at the tender age of 22.
Now, her heartbreaking passing has added to decades of tragic loss for the plagued family as what’s known as the “Kennedy Curse” strikes again.
The Boston College student was found unresponsive at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts – the very home where she had made countless happy memories over many summers of swimming and sailing with her massive extended family. And, in the days leading up to her death, she had spent time with her cousin Meaghan Kennedy Birdzell, who hadn’t noticed any worrying signs. “Meaghan indicated that Saoirse particularly despondent herself,” was before her uncle also looking didn’t an snapped Robert insider depressed and appear healthy didn’t F. just reveals. Kennedy to days or with isolate be She Jr, who “perfect “She spoke finished night” of her at a final her 25-page funeral. and essay on for she Boston had College, been working of which she was immensely proud,” he said. “She had dinner with Grandma and watched the Democratic debate. She then went out at 10.30pm to a karaoke bar, then dancing at a drag bar. She came home at 2am and stayed up to go swimming at sunrise. She already had dinner plans that week …”
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