Kennedy ‘curse’: R.F.K. granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill dies at 22

The student’s reported overdose has resurrected theories of family curse

22nd November 1963: President John F Kennedy in the presidential motorcade at Dallas
President John F. Kennedy in presidential motorcade in Dallas just before he was shot on 22 November 1963
(Image credit: Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy has died of an apparent overdose at the family’s compound in Massachusetts, according to friends of the family.

The death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, is the latest in a catalogue of tragedies that have hit the Kennedys, reports the BBC.

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