Are the Kennedy's cursed?

Kermit.de.frog · 02-08-2019 04:05PM #1

RIP

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/robert-f-kennedys-granddaughter-and-daughter-of-the-guildford-fours-paul-hill-dies-aged-22-38368333.html

The Tetrarch · 02-08-2019 04:06PM

No.

ILoveYourVibes · 02-08-2019 04:10PM

Good lord her father was Paul Hill. Yeah I would say THAT family is cursed. You get sent down for something you didn't do. Your daughter died at 22. Yeah summit is up.

valoren · 02-08-2019 04:34PM

It's confirmation bias.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-08-2019 04:42PM

No.

02-08-2019 04:46PM

If you want to selectively focus on a small percentage of a large dynasty, then yes.

Where is the "no" option in your poll? Discredited.

JupiterKid · 02-08-2019 05:02PM

Someone told me years ago that he heard that Joe Kenbedy Sr (JFK's father and US Ambassador to the UK) had a curse placed on his family by some shrivelled old gypsy woman back in the 1920s...

...they certainly have been dogged by a lot of tragic, premature family member deaths.

Edgware · 02-08-2019 06:44PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

RIP

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/robert-f-kennedys-granddaughter-and-daughter-of-the-guildford-fours-paul-hill-dies-aged-22-38368333.html

Yes. I heard that one of them was on the back of a lorry coming from the All Ireland in 1951 which didnt stop for a funeral

feargale · 02-08-2019 06:48PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Someone told me years ago that he heard that Joe Kenbedy Sr (JFK's father and US Ambassador to the UK) had a curse placed on his family by some shrivelled old gypsy woman back in the 1920s...

...they certainly have been dogged by a lot of tragic, premature family member deaths.

Was it Biddy Early?

Your Face · 02-08-2019 07:28PM

Poor girl.

Suckit · 02-08-2019 07:43PM

Yikes :eek: They are for sure.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/02/us/kennedy-family-tragedies/index.html

She was the spit of Robert Kennedy - especially in this picture.

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R.I.P.

branie2 · 02-08-2019 08:25PM

They are a very tragic family

AudreyHepburn · 02-08-2019 08:50PM

I think it’s just that they’re such a big family that anything that can go wrong in life is likely to happen to them. It’s very tragic for them of course.

Phil.x · 02-08-2019 08:53PM

Bad luck seems to follow them.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-08-2019 09:14PM

Considering it's sudden or unnatural deaths across a large family over three generations, I don't think they have been more unfortunate or tragic than most comparable family units.

Thelonious Monk · 02-08-2019 09:17PM

I think it was JFKs sister who was considered a little hyper and uncouth by her family on the social scene in MA and the dad got her labotomised. Im pretty sure an irish nun looked after her till she died. Horrible story.

branie2 · 02-08-2019 09:18PM

The lobotomy was a disaster

Woke Hogan · 02-08-2019 09:23PM

JFK had something of a lobotomy performed on him as well, in his final moments.

Thelonious Monk · 02-08-2019 09:40PM

What do Kennedys' fear most? Old age. Dying of natural causes.

Why was JFK Jr flying that night? Teddy Kennedy offered him a lift.

What do most pilots agree about JFK Jr? He would have nailed that landing on the third try.

How many Kennedys does it take to change a lightbulb. Know one knows. Kennedys don't last as long as ligh bulbs and are not as bright.

Why aren't there more JFK Jr jokes out there? They just haven't surfaced yet.

Im here all week

02-08-2019 09:44PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

What do Kennedys' fear most? Old age. Dying of natural causes.

Why was JFK Jr flying that night? Teddy Kennedy offered him a lift.

What do most pilots agree about JFK Jr? He would have nailed that landing on the third try.

How many Kennedys does it take to change a lightbulb. Know one knows. Kennedys don't last as long as ligh bulbs and are not as bright.

Why aren't there more JFK Jr jokes out there? They just haven't surfaced yet.

Im here all week

Too soon after a tragic death for levity?

Thelonious Monk · 02-08-2019 09:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Too soon after a tragic death for levity?

What does JFK Jr. miss most about Martha's Vineyard?

The runway

02-08-2019 09:48PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Too soon after a tragic death for levity?

True, but I doubt the Kennedys are sitting around in their grief saying "Kathleen, Patrick, let's see what the good folks on AH are saying tonight"

Birneybau · 02-08-2019 09:51PM

The poor girl's mother was 5th of 11 kids.

Not that there's any solace in that but that's a huuuge family.

whisky_galore · 02-08-2019 09:53PM

They're a big family, no one is pointing out about all those Kennedys that bad stuff didn't happen to. Add to the fact that deaths occurred while they were in high risk political positions, or carrying out activities with an element of risk. And yes some were just plain unfortunate.

Curses exist only in peoples' imaginations and fairytales.

ILoveYourVibes · 02-08-2019 10:11PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

True, but I doubt the Kennedys are sitting around in their grief saying "Kathleen, Patrick, let's see what the good folks on AH are saying tonight"

Actually her mother lived in Ireland for while so...Its possible.

Anyhow still. Also her dad is Irish. So are HIS relatives and side of the family.

Edgware · 02-08-2019 10:36PM

The Kennedy women are sure getting value out of those black dresses

chicorytip · 02-08-2019 10:53PM

Phil.x wrote:

Bad luck seems to follow them.

Bad luck for Mary Jo Kopechne and Marilyn Monroe in particular.

Edgware · 03-08-2019 09:28AM

chicorytip wrote: »

Bad luck for Mary Jo Kopechne and Marilyn Monroe in particular.

I read Ted Kennedy was at an Irish gathering one night and was asked to sing a song. One smart lad suggested he sing Bridge over troubled water

DEFTLEFTHAND · 03-08-2019 09:51AM

Joe Snr was a gangster, they rose from the streets to the Office of President.

He was horrible man, look up his life in the 1920s and 30s.

He got all the bad karma back in spades in the end.

md23040 · 03-08-2019 10:53AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Joe Snr was a gangster, they rose from the streets to the Office of President.

I think for all their positivity and fights against injustice and all the good the Kennedy family have done in general and given more than taken, and some people can choose to overlook all that and focus on negativity, with snide snippets to me is very unfair and highly distasteful in light of another horrible tragedy to savagely hit this dynasty.

whisky_galore · 04-08-2019 09:07AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Joe Snr was a gangster, they rose from the streets to the Office of President.

He was horrible man, look up his life in the 1920s and 30s.

He got all the bad karma back in spades in the end.

Not unusual considering he was a Catholic who wanted to get to the top, didn't have old money chum network. He had questionable (to put mildly) business practices and an unapologetic anti Semite but half the country at the time distrusted or hated Jews.

Karma is not a thing that exists either. People like to think that it does.

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