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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:12 PM
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"Patricia Kennedy Lawford dies at 82"
Edited on Mon Sep-18-06 12:08 AM by Rowdyboy


Another member of that incredible family is gone.....Another part of my youth ends....


BOSTON - Patricia Kennedy Lawford, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of actor Peter Lawford, died at her New York home of complications of pneumonia on Sunday, according to a family statement. She was 82.

"My sister Pat is irreplaceable," Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) said in a statement. "Everyone who knew Pat adored her. She was admired for her great style, for her love and support of the arts, her wit and generosity — and for the singular sense of wonder and joy she brought into our lives."

Lawford is survived by four children and 10 grandchildren. Memorial and funeral arrangements are p
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:14 PM
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1. RIP
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:16 PM
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2. She's that great aunt that you rarely see but you really love...
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 11:16 PM by Rowdyboy
As you said, rest in peace
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:19 PM
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3. Ted Kennedy has had such an emotional burden placed on him
He's done a fantastic job as being the patriarch. Two brothers assassinated, one dead in the war.

Good job, Ted.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 12:27 PM
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22. I think one of his sisters was killed in a plane crash in the 1940's. (nt)
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 01:30 PM
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23. Kathleen
During the war, she married a British aristo who was Church of England. Rose went ballistic and more or less banned her from the family. Her husband was killed in combat shortly after the marriage. As memory serves she died in 1946 or 47. She and Jack were especially close and he had to identify her remains.

That family has taken an awful beating.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:23 PM
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4. Rest in Peace, Patricia Kennedy Lawford
thanks for giving so much
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:35 PM
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8. The Kennedy's have given America soooo much....
They give their lives, their fortune, their passion and themselves. Most often they get kicked in the crotch (see Kathleen Kennedy-Maryland 2002). The Kennedys, however wealthy, have been good friends to the working class. Like it or not, they're on our side and only cretins would refuse to accept their help.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:40 PM
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10. I couldn't agree with you more
I can't think of one American family that gave so much to this nation and the citizens.

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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 12:22 AM
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16. I wish there was some way to say thank you, but how do you thank people...
who've seen family members murdered simply because of their last name? The Kennedys have given more than anyone could imagine to ask. God bless them.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:30 PM
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5. Rest in Peace, Patricia.

You will be missed.
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:34 PM
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6. be at peace, patricia
say hi to rob and jack for all of us...
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:34 PM
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7. You've said it all, Rowdy
:hug:

RIP, Pat

:cry:

Poor, poor Teddy :hug:
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:43 PM
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11. This woman has been an inspiration all my life and now she's gone....
So rarely does a person stand out like she did. If she had no connection to the Kennedys and her last name had been Johnson, I believe I'd have appreciated her impact and mourned her passing just as much. She was a truly class act.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:36 PM
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9. Lot of good ones leaving us......
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 11:36 PM by FrenchieCat
Hope they whisper in God's ear!
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:51 PM
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13. Maybe Pat and Ann Richards can work on God to get us a couple of.....
extra house seats! I know it's heresy but I don't give a damn. If anyone could convince God of anything, then Patricia Kennedy and Ann Richards wouldd be the ones...
"Considered the most sophisticated, yet also the most introverted, of all five daughters, Pat since childhood had a fascination with travel and Hollywood. She in time would become a world traveler, so much so that as a young girl she was given assignments by the independent and foreign press to write of her travels. Her ongoing fascination with Hollywood was fueled by her father's stories and adventures there as a movie mogul heading RKO. After graduating from Rosemont College, she moved to Hollywood in hopes of becoming a movie producer and director like her father.

Her father apparently believed that she could do as much, once saying, "Pat is the one with head for business. She could really run this town if she put her mind to it." However, because she was a female in the very conservative 1950s, she was restricted to producing religious programs.

She would meet British actor Peter Lawford through her brother Jack, who had previously run into Lawford at parties. Both young, magnetic, and attractive, they courted quickly and officially announced their engagement in February 1954. They married on April 24, 1954 at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York City just weeks before her 30th birthday. They decided to settle in Santa Monica, California which was an ideal place for Pat to raise children as well as an easy commute for Peter to Hollywood movie sets and the Las Vegas stage. With the election of her brother as President, she and Peter would become Hollywood royalty.

The couple had four children: Christopher Lawford (b. 1955), Sydney Maleia Lawford (b. 1956), Victoria Francis Lawford (b. 1958), and Robin Elizabeth Lawford (b. 1961). Despite the glamorous personae they presented, their marriage suffered strains early as far back as their engagement. Peter had difficulty adjusting to Pat's steadfast Catholicism and her family's larger-than-life image. Pat could not tolerate Peter's heavy drinking, extra-marital affairs, and his slow addiction to drugs. Shortly after her brother's death, Pat filed for a legal separation and the couple were officially divorced in 1966. In accordance with her religious beliefs she never remarried."
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JanusAscending Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 12:14 AM
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15. Eerily strange, and sad!
The past two days she has been on my mind. I was trying to recall whether Peter had passed yet, now I read she is gone!! Did he in fact pre-decease her? God bless the remaining family, and watch over Teddy!
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 11:57 AM
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21. Peter Lawford died several years ago
n/t
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JanusAscending Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 08:15 PM
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28. Thank you for your response.
We've lost so many of the big stars of Hollywood's golden era, it's hard to keep track of who's still with us, and who's not!!!
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:47 PM
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12. Looks like only two sisters are left
Eunice, the oldest, who's not in good health, and Jean Kennedy Smith.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 01:34 PM
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24. What about Rosemary? n/t
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 01:46 PM
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25. Died 1/7/2005.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 01:57 PM
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26. Thank you, Bunny
Another sad story.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 03:40 PM
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27. Yes, that was very sad for everyone involved.
The first tragedy of that family.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 10:06 AM
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29. She died a year or so ago.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 12:08 AM
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14. RIP
:(
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 12:22 AM
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17. How very, very sad
We've lost another member of a great family who has given so much to America.

My deepest and most sincere thoughts, prayers and condolences to the Kennedy family and to all those who knew and loved Patricia Kennedy Lawford.

May she rest in peace
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 02:16 AM
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18. Damn
:cry:
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 04:01 AM
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19. R-I-P Patricia
this is very sad news. :cry:
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:32 AM
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20. RIP Mrs. Kennedy Lawford
:kick:
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