The House of Kennedy(120)


17 Olympic ski coach Bob Beattie praised Michael’s talent for skiing: Rogers, “Death in Aspen.”

18 “could ski downhill backwards and blindfolded”: Janofsky, “Favorite Game for Kennedys Took Deadly Turn on Slopes.”

19 Daughter Rory “videotaping their antics”: Janofsky.

20 “death to the loser”: Nancy Gibbs, “Tragedy Strikes Again,” CNN, January 12, 1998.

21 “Pass me the ball”: Matthew Malone, “The Kennedys in Aspen: A New Year’s Tragedy,” Modern Luxury, November 27, 2017.

22 Michael’s crash: Gibbs, “Tragedy Strikes Again.”

23 “blood all over the snow”: “Coroner: Kennedy Death Accidental,” CNN, January 1, 1998.

24 Rory administers CPR: Malone, “The Kennedys in Aspen.”

25 “now is the time to fight”: Gibbs, “Tragedy Strikes Again.”

26 “Please help my daddy!”: Gibbs.

27 “on their knees saying the Lord’s Prayer”: “Coroner: Kennedy Death Accidental,” CNN.

28 “intensive cardiac care”: Kenworthy, “Michael Kennedy Dies in Accident on Aspen Slopes.”

29 Cause of death: Janofsky, “Favorite Game for Kennedys Took Deadly Turn on Slopes.”

30 No drugs or alcohol found in his body: Gibbs, “Tragedy Strikes Again.”

31 “Should I drop you off at Admissions or Emergency?”: Malone, “The Kennedys in Aspen: A New Year’s Tragedy.”

32 Flown to Hyannis Port on Kevin Costner’s jet: Gibbs, “Tragedy Strikes Again.”

33 Buried next to his brother David: “Michael Kennedy Laid to Rest,” CNN, January 3, 1998.

34 “We don’t know what to make of another Kennedy death”: Dalz, “Legacy of Untimely Death Continues.”

35 “The Kennedys play too hard and live too hard”: Rogers, “Death in Aspen.”

36 “The price you pay for great glories”: Dalz, “Legacy of Untimely Death Continues.”

37 “the athlete dying young of A. E. Housman’s verse”: Fox Butterfield, “A Fearless Michael Kennedy Is Remembered at Funeral,” New York Times, January 4, 1998.

38 “The next thing he saw was God”: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 270.

39 “nugget of happy news”: Nadine Brozan, “CHRONICLE,” New York Times, May 23, 1997.

40 “couldn’t understand a word he said”: Kevin Cullen, “You Only Live Twice,” Independent (UK), January 30, 1994.

41 Victim of an IRA bombing: Bernard Weinraub, “Bomb Kills a Doctor Near London Home of Caroline Kennedy,” New York Times, October 24, 1975.

42 “I was at home”: Michael Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids,” Vanity Fair, August 1997.

43 “sensitive and emotionally vulnerable”: Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids.”

44 “suffering from depression”: “Lost and Found,” Herald (Scotland), May 10, 2002.

45 “one name too many”: Deborah Sontag, “Struggling to Please the Father Who Died,” New York Times, June 15, 1997.

46 Signing her name: Saoirse Kennedy-Hill, “Mental Illness at Deerfield,” Deerfield Scroll, February 3, 2016.

47 “less manic” environment: “Lost and Found.”

48 “very Irish”: “Lost and Found.”

49 “a hundred brothers and sisters”: Liz McNeil, “Timothy Shriver Calls Niece Saoirse Kennedy Hill a ‘Wounded Healer’ in His Heartbreaking Eulogy,” People, August 9, 2019.

50 “a hundred Kennedys”: “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “My Eulogy to Saoirse,” Medium.com, August 7, 2019.

51 “outgoing imp”: Kennedy, “My Eulogy to Saoirse.”

52 Personal essay: Kennedy-Hill, “Mental Illness at Deerfield.”

53 Deerfield Students Against Sexual Assault: Julie Bosman, Kate Taylor, and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, “The Kennedy Grandchildren: Bearing the Privilege and Burden of a Family Name,” New York Times, August 2, 2019.

54 Bill Stone: Adam Carlson, “Fearless, Fierce, Troubled, Gone: Inside the Short Life and Sudden Death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, RFK’s Granddaughter,” People, August 2, 2019.

55 “kind, gentle spirit”: Carlson, “Fearless, Fierce, Troubled, Gone.”

56 “wasn’t a partier”: Emily Smith, “Saoirse Kennedy Hill Wasn’t a Partier: Family Source,” New York Post, August 2, 2019.

57 “woke up with God”: Kennedy, “My Eulogy to Saoirse.”

58 “methadone and ethanol toxicity”: Joey Garrison and Leora Arnowitz, “Robert F. Kennedy's Granddaughter, Saorise Kennedy Hill, Died of an Accidental Overdose,” USAToday.com, November 1, 2019.

59 “God loves the Kennedys”: Kennedy.

60 Taylor Swift: Rebecca Macatee, “Taylor Swift’s Boyfriend: Five Things to Know about Conor Kennedy,” eonline.com, April 22, 2012.

61 Braison Cyrus: Helen Regan, “Miley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Siblings Are Also Dating,” Time.com, January 15, 2015.

62 Katherine Schwarzenegger marries actor Chris Pratt: Lauren Hubbard, “A Definitive Timeline of Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger’s Relationship,” TownandCountrymag.com, June 9, 2019.

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