Robert Francis KENNEDY^[1]

1925 - 1968  (42 years)

• Name	Robert Francis KENNEDY
  Birth	20 Nov 1925	Brookline, Norfolk Co, MA
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	RFK
  Death	6 Jun 1968	Los Angeles, CA
  	He died at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 1:44 AM, almost twenty-five and a half hours after being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
  Burial	8 Jun 1968	Arlington, Arlington Co, VA
  	Lot 45-A, Section 30, is part of a parcel of land that was assigned in 1963 in honor of the late John F. Kennedy. President and Mrs. Johnson joined members of the Kennedy family at the service.
  Burial	30 Nov 1971	Arlington, Arlington Co, VA
  	His body was moved from Lot 45-A, Section 30, where it was temporarily, interred, to a permanent grave in the cemetery.
  Person ID	I10	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Patrick KENNEDY,   b. 6 Sep 1888, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 18 Nov 1969, Hyannis Port, MA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD,   b. 22 Jul 1890, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 22 Jan 1995, Hyannis Port, MA (Age 104 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1914	Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
  	The ceremony took place in the private chapel connected to the, residence of Cardinal O’Connor. The bride wore a white satin gown. Following the cermony, the wedding party traveled to a reception at, the Fitzgerald home at 39 Wells Avenue.
  Photos		Extended Kennedy Family
  		Extended Kennedy Family
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Robert Francis Kennedy - White House portrait
  		Robert Francis Kennedy circa 1966

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Francis was assassinated in California during his 1968 presidential campaign. He was very dedicated to his children and every evening had prayers with them, each of them saying the Rosary. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, An American Saga, (Simon and Schuster), page 349. [S11] Harrison Raine and John Quinn., Growing Up Kennedy.