Coroner Confirms RFK Jr.’s Wife Died of Hanging
- Posted on May 17, 2012 at 1:20pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., died Wednesday from hanging, a New York medical examiner said. (AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis)
A New York medical examiner said Thursday Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife died of asphyxiation due to hanging, the Associated Press reported.
Mary Richardson Kennedy was found dead Wednesday on the family’s property in Bedford, N.Y. She was 52.
An autopsy performed Thursday morning confirmed the cause of death.
ABC News reported a housekeeper discovered Kennedy’s body hanging in a garage.
Mary Kennedy had struggled with drugs and alcohol; she had two high-profile arrests after her husband, the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, filed for divorce in 2010.
The couple had four children together.
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sndrman
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:31pm“hanging” actual autopsy will be fluild filled lungs drowning
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:29pm“hanging” but the autopsy will show fluid filled lungs…..actual reason for death drowning
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 4:24pmMost women who commit suicide are normally less evasive sound like Kennedy BS. Cheeper than Alimony!
Report Post »Diogenes1902
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:54pmTEAMARCHESON- I wouldn’t think that “hanging herself in the garage” would be a typical way for a woman to kill herself..just sayin’…
Report Post »imsteph
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 8:11pmno it is not but it is a way a man would do it if he was trying to cover up strangulation…
Report Post »not that i am saying that or anything…
spudwhite
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:46pmMay God have mercy on her soul.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:50pmThat family is cursed.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:38pmno, its usually self-inflicted because they are amoral
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:53pmIt’s not the effect of a curse, but of a large Catholic family. Everyone has lots of children, who have lots of children, who have lots of children. It’s a statistical probability that a certain percent will die untimely deaths. We only find about it because the name is Kennedy.
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:38pmTalk about a disfunctional family.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:55pmHANGING?
The Kennedy Police expect us to believe Kennedy’s ex-wife hung herself in the garage? All the Kennedy men are psychopathic killers. She took pills and drank? All women married to a Kennedy have to do that. Does anyone believe this?
Report Post »timarina
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:37pmThese comments prove, once agaiin; no on can hate quite like the rabid right can hate.
Report Post »sbutler96
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:00pmRabid right? The only comments before yours were about a “dysfunctional family” and a “cursed” family. Hardly rabid. Get a life.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:30pmShe had a Jackie resemblance.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:28pmSenseless and tragic. Marrying a Kennedy I mean.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:27pmSo I have to ask the question – suicide that succeded or political murder?
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:25pmIf I were a woman and had been married to RFK Jr. I’d probably hang myself as well.
All kidding aside, this is HORRIBLE for the children she leaves behind. What the h*ll was she thinking of other than herself? Typical selfish liberal, if you ask me.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:44pmMy thoughts and prayers to the children. Having a parent commit suicide is a terrible burden.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:24pmThe Kennedy tragedies continue. What a tragic legacy to leave four children/grandchildren, that they aren’t worth living for. RIP.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:54pm@ GRANDMAOF5 : Depression is an awful thing. Suicide is a totally selfish act. This is another tragedy in the Long List of Kennedy family tragedies. God bless and help those children.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 5:05pmfew of us, I think, have the the wherewithal to truly comprehend the deep, dark place of despair and hopelessness that a human being gets to in order to take their own life. Anyone who has had a family member or close friend try (or succeed) catches a glimpse of that, but does truly affect all those around them. It’s NOT an excuse for callous remarks. My heart goes out to her family
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