Kennedy, the inspiration for the Special Olympics spearheaded by the Kennedy family, had been a patient since 1949 at St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children in Jefferson, Wis. She was the third ...

Following the lobotomy, Rosemary was sent to live at a Catholic facility for the mentally disabled in Jefferson, Wisconsin Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 ...

Riva, the only child of screen siren Marlene Dietrich, met the Kennedy family in 1938 in the South of France where both families had come for vacation ...

Rosemary Kennedy lived a life filled with abuse and neglect due to a mental disability she had since birth. Born in 1918, Rosemary was the eldest daughter of Rose and Joe Sr. and the younger sister of ...

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WASHINGTON -- Rosemary Kennedy, the oldest sister of President John F. Kennedy and the inspiration for the Special Olympics, died Friday. She was 86. Kennedy, the third child of Rose and Joseph ...

Riva, the only child of screen siren Marlene Dietrich, met the Kennedy family in 1938 in the South of France where both families had come for vacation Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where ...