What is the Kennedy Curse?
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The Kennedy curse refers to a series of deaths, accidents, assassinations, and other calamities involving members of the American Kennedy family, particularly descendants of businessman Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and his wife Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The term gained prominence after the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, followed by the 1968 assassination of his brother, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the 1999 plane crash that killed JFK’s son, John F. Kennedy Jr., along with his wife and sister-in-law.
Key events linked to the alleged curse include:
- 1944: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., JFK’s brother, died in a plane crash during WWII.
- 1948: Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy died in a plane crash in France.
- 1963: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
- 1968: Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles.
- 1969: Ted Kennedy was involved in the Chappaquiddick incident, where his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned; he later questioned if a "curse" hung over the family.
- 1999: John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash off Martha’s Vineyard.
- 2019: Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died of an accidental drug overdose.
- 2020: Maeve Kennedy McKean, another granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, and her son drowned in Chesapeake Bay.
- 2025: Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, died at age 35 from acute myeloid leukemia.
The curse is also tied to Rosemary Kennedy, who underwent a controversial prefrontal lobotomy in 1941 at age 23, leaving her permanently incapacitated. Her story is often cited as the origin of the family’s suffering.
While some, like historian Edward Klein, argue the curse stems from the Kennedys’ "fantasy of omnipotence" and their tendency to believe they can escape consequences, skeptics note that large families naturally experience tragedies over generations and that the pattern may be statistically coincidental rather than supernatural.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026 05:57PM