The House of Kennedy(91)
iJack and Jackie in a ticker-tape parade. (Photo by Frank Hurley/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Marilyn Monroe is one of many stars at JFK’s forty-fifth birthday gala, where she performs her iconic “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” in a “beads and skin” gold rhinestone gown. (Monroe seen here at the after-party with Stephen Smith, Jean Kennedy’s husband.) (Photo above by David J. & Janice L. Frent/Corbis via Getty Images. Photo left by Cecil Stoughton/AP/Shutterstock)
Marilyn Monroe is one of many stars at JFK’s forty-fifth birthday gala, where she performs her iconic “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” in a “beads and skin” gold rhinestone gown. (Monroe seen here at the after-party with Stephen Smith, Jean Kennedy’s husband.) (Photo above by David J. & Janice L. Frent/Corbis via Getty Images. Photo left by Cecil Stoughton/AP/Shutterstock)
The Kennedy women. From left: Joan Bennett Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. (Photo by The Estate of Jacques Lowe/Getty Images)
Joe Sr. and Jack playing golf with Stephen Smith (left) and Peter Lawford (right). (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Jack and Jackie in Hyannis Port with their children, Caroline and John Jr. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/ Sygma via Getty Images)
Jack frequently visits Hyannis Port after Joe Sr. suffers a debilitating stroke in 1961, from which he never fully recovers. (Photo by AP/Shutterstock)
President Kennedy and the First Lady in Dallas on November 22, 1963, only hours before JFK is assassinated. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
One of Bobby Kennedy’s toughest fights on the Senate Labor Racket Committee is against Teamster President, Jimmy Hoffa (right).“I used to love to bug the little bastard,” Hoffa recalled. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
In March 1965, Bobby commemorates his brother’s death by ascending the highest unclimbed peak in North America and christening it Mount Kennedy. (Photo by Anonymous/AP/Shutterstock)
Ethel and Bobby with their son David at a senate campaign rally. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Ethel and Bobby with their son David at a senate campaign rally. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
In addition to his own brood of (ultimately) eleven, Bobby is close with Jack’s children. Clockwise from top: Bobby’s daughter Kerry, son Michael, son David, nephew John Jr., niece Caroline, and daughter Courtney. (Photo by George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
“Bobby is Good” is a sentiment shared by many, including those who knew him back in his harsh “Bad Bobby” days. Supporters and detractors alike agree that he seems to have truly grown and changed. (Photo by Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ethel and Bobby on June 5, 1968, celebrating his win in California towards securing the Democratic presidential nomination, moments before his assassination. (Photo by Julian Wasser/The LIFEImages Collection via Getty Images/ Getty Images)
Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the LA coroner known as the “Coroner to the Stars,” performed autopsies on both Marilyn Monroe and Bobby Kennedy. (Photo by Paul Harris/ Getty Images)
Joan and Ted Kennedy, during anearly senate campaign. Ted’s win in 1962 launches what will become the third-longest career in the Senate. (Photo by Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
In 1964, Ted nearly dies in a plane crash that kills two of the five people on board. He escapes with a punctured lung and broken vertebrae in his back. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
On July 18, 1969, Ted drives a car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of former RFK staffer Mary Jo Kopechne. Ted, seen here attending Mary Jo’s funeral in a neck brace, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident. (Photo above by Express Newspapers/Getty Images. Photo right by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
On July 18, 1969, Ted drives a car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of former RFK staffer Mary Jo Kopechne. Ted, seen here attending Mary Jo’s funeral in a neck brace, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident. (Photo above by Express Newspapers/Getty Images. Photo right by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
The Kennedys’ compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is the scene of many family get-togethers, often involving athletic competitions or spirited games of football. (Photo above by Stew Milne/AFP via Getty Images. Photo right by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The Kennedys’ compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is the scene of many family get-togethers, often involving athletic competitions or spirited games of football. (Photo above by Stew Milne/AFP via Getty Images. Photo right by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Senator Kennedy with his mother, Rose. Of all the Kennedy children, youngest son Ted is the one most devoted to their parents. (Photo by Jam/AP/Shutterstock)