RFK
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| Born | Robert Francis Kennedy November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | gunshot |
| Victim of | assassination |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Virginia |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| Children | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David, Courtney, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Christopher G. Kennedy, Max Kennedy, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, Rory Kennedy |
| Spouse | Ethel Skakel |
| Party | Democratic |
| Relatives | See:, Kennedy family |
Brother of murdered US president John F. Kennedy, Robert had been his Attorney General and wanted to become US President himself so he could uncover his brothers killers. Assassinated. | |
Not to be confused with his son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Robert Francis Kennedy, commonly known as "Bobby" or by his initials RFK, was an American politician, who was a Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.
Career
James DiEugenio termed RFK's effort to become US president "perhaps the most bold and brilliant presidential campaign in the last 60 years. Here was the last crusade of the 1960s."[1]
Assassination
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This was blamed on a "lone nut", Sirhan Sirhan, but many researchers suggest that it was in fact a contract killing carried out by the CIA for the US Deep state through Robert Maheu and Thane Eugene Cesar.