Ethel Kennedy has died at the age of 96.
Robert F. Kennedy's widow and the Kennedy family matriarch suffered a stroke in her sleep last week.
A statement says she died in a Massachusetts hospital surrounded by family.
Her late husband, former U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, was assassinated in California in 1968 while running for President.
She leaves behind nine children, including Robert F. Kennedy, Junior who dropped out of the presidential race recently, throwing his support to Donald Trump.
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