GettyReporters question American Senator Edward Kennedy (center, with neck brace) and his wife Joan Kennedy (left, in white coat and dark glasses) as they walk across the tarmac after returning from the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, July 22, 1969. Map showing the key places involved in the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne, Mary Jo Kopechne was a school teacher and a political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969. Her family history in the Wyoming Valley area of northeastern Pennsylvania goes back 250 years on her maternal side. To be fair, he did plead guilty to leaving the scene and received a suspended sentence of two months in prisonboo hoo for him, right? Edward Kennedy, widely known as Ted, had been driving back from a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off Martha's Vineyard, along, My Moms Interview about her cousin Mary Jo Kopechne in 1991 with Current Affair. Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health, Bad news, men 'winter penis' might be real after all, doctors say. Instead of reporting the accident to the police, Kennedy had searched for the body and decided to return to his hotel room around 2 a.m. after coming up empty-handed. They attended the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, where Mary Jo also went to elementary school. [22] Robert's surviving brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, was there. Kennedy had been in a car accident, one week earlier while driving home from a party on the night of July.18/1969, when he missed the mouth of a narrow bridge on a dirt road in the darkness and plunged into Chappaquiddick Strait. Kopechne is pictured above with Kennedy, Kopechne was part of a group of five women named the'Boiler Room Girls'. For years, Powers was best known for arranging trysts between Teds brother. Twice he couldnt talk about how our daughter died. The mother said she hated how nothing decent was reported about Mary Jo after her death, and the other Boiler Room gals never explained how her daughter ended up in Teds car (recreated for the "Chappaquiddick" movie). Part of the money went to build the house they live in with such mementos of Mary Joas her portrait, her favorite stuffed animals and an autographed picture of John F. Kennedy, for whom she worked in the 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy then rested on the bank for about 15 minutes before he returned to Lawrence Cottage, where the party was still going on. Mary Jo Kopechne, The Victim, Was Never Autopsied. Mary Jo and Ted, as the Senator was called, were guests at a party off the small island of Chappaquiddick, near Marthas Vineyard. The FBI's FOIA Library contains many files of public interest and historical value. Now, nearly fifty years after the incident at Chappaquiddick, almost a decade after Ted Kennedy's death, a film about Mary Jo's death and the aftermath called 'Chappaquiddick' is opening in theaters across the country on Friday. [12] She also taught business classes in typing and shorthand at Montgomery Catholic High School,[13] and was an advisor to the school newspaper. Oscar Cainer tells all, Do not sell or share my personal information. There's a new movie coming out this week -- "Chappaquiddick" -- which chronicles the accident and the aftermath. Today would have been Mary Jo Kopechne's 80th birthday. After they left the party together, they allegedly detoured to an island lovers lane. [16], During the 1968 U.S. presidential election, Kopechne helped with the wording of Kennedy's March speech that announced his presidential candidacy. Ted Kennedys Death: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Mary Jo Kopechnes Death: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. In a statement made by Kennedy on July 25, 1969, he said that he had enlisted the help of his cousins to search for Kopechnes body. ': Chris Kamara's legendary moment after missing a red card, ITV's clanger in cutting MIKE KEEGAN: Temporary concussion substitutes will NOT be trialled in the Premier League, as Sportsmail Britain's FBI warns LA's drug mules to stay at home: Another two passengers are caught at Heathrow with Laura Kenny is pregnant! Fire rescue diver John Farrar testified he believed Kopechne died of, Last edited on 22 December 2022, at 18:52, U.S. When Kopechne's body was later retrieved by a diver, she was wearing a blouse, bra, slacks, but no panties. 'She said he was just a good politician. Mary Jo Kopechne was at the party . Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! [She] produced some water flow, water and foam, mostly foam, he recalled. "[11], By 1963, Kopechne relocated to Washington, D.C., to work as secretary for United States Senator George Smathers (D-FL). Tough, but fun in the classroom, creating speed challenges, expecting accuracy, and rewarding generously. ', And an elderly woman stood in the crowd holding a red, white, and blue sign that read: 'KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT, 1972.'. [7] Her grandfathers both worked as coal miners in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Kennedy made a payment of $90,904 ($615,061.90 today, with inflation) to Mary Jo's parents and they received an additional $50,000 ($338,302.99 today, with inflation) from Kennedy's insurance company. Ted Kennedy: His Darkest Secret Mary Jo Kopechne Was Pregnant Special Report! She ultimately suffered a miscarriage, which she blamed on the incident. What is known is that the fatal incident at Chappaquiddick destroyed all chances of Kennedy - who received little more than a slap on the wrist for the death of Kopechne - ever becoming president, and forever placed a dark cloud over the cursed Kennedy family. A news report stated that girls pinched one another, and one squealed, 'Isn't he beautiful? And they . Mills initially told Time Magazine that Kopechne died anywhere from five to eight hours before he looked at her body, which was around 9:30 a.m. Taiwan's military announced plans on Tuesday to include women in its reservist training for the first time, as the island tries to bolster its forces against threats from China. Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Bombshell Mary Jo Was Pregnant Lost documents exposes sick . At one point, I think it was in the stable at Hickory Hill, Ethel caught Bobby and Mary Jo in an embrace, which Bobby excused as a pat on the back for Mary Jo's good work.'. "Mary Jo was pregnant by the senator!" declared a source who has doggedly investigated the young campaign worker's tragic death on July 18, 1969. He pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene and causing personal injury, and later received a two-month suspended jail sentence. Due to Kennedy and his friends never notifying authorities about the accident, Kopechne's body wasn't found for hours. He calls when he is in the area, campaigning or making public appearances, they said. Kennedy said that he tried to free Kopechne from the car and that he returned to the party on Chappaquiddick to get help. TedKennedy leaves St. Vincent's Church with his wife, Joan after attending the funeral Mass celebrated for Mary Jo Kopechne, Outside St. Vincent's Church, in Plymouth, the Kennedys were treated like rock stars. Revealed: Man being hunted by police after disappearing with a missing aristocrat and her baby daughter is a Scotland Yard backs move to strip rapist police officer David Carrick of his 22,000-a-year pension. In 1969, she drowned when a car driven by U.S. Thats right, a woman died, and the only negative Ted received was failure to become President of the United States. [28] Even otherwise sympathetic, mainstream biographers believed there were outstanding serious questions about Kennedy's timeline of events that night, specifically his actions following the incident. [32] Because Kopechne had been a strong believer in education and was deeply Catholic, family members started a scholarship fund in Kopechne's name at nearby Misericordia University. [3] For that office, she worked as a secretary to the senator's speechwriter, and as a legal secretary to one of his legal advisers. [4] They subsequently moved to Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. 'I took full responsibility for the tragedy at the time and I still do,' Kennedy said. Somebody is hiding something. Carol Capik, another close friend, said that Mary Jo was also more active than others in Sodality, a school organization that promoted Christian charity. Im sure thats why the nuns liked her so much, she added. [5][32], In 2017, Kopechne was portrayed by actress Kate Mara in John Curran's film Chappaquiddick. [28] 'I only wish it were in my power to do something more to ease the continuing pain that I feel and that Mr. and Mrs. Kopechne feel for Mary Jo's loss.'. [14] Kopechne's parents said that they learned of their daughter's death from Kennedy,[3] before he informed authorities of his involvement. Kennedy said that he was able to swim free of the vehicle, but that Kopechne was not. Of course, Mary Jo didn't even make it to 29 - she died on July 18, 1969, when Sen. Ted Kennedy drunkenly drove his mother's 1967. (11 Dec 1969) Parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died in Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick Island, give press statement after court denies exhumation of h. The intense media scrutiny was so bad Joan eventually suffered a miscarriage from the stressbut she also claimed she completely believed her husbands story, or lack thereof. After going off the bridge, Kennedys vehicle came to rest upside down under the water. They went there because the politician's wife was at the party and Kennedy wanted to hook up with her. After the accident on Chappaquiddick speculation was rampant that 37-year-old Ted, the popular and handsome US Senator from Massachusetts, married with three children - but also a heavy drinker and womanizer - was headed for a sexual tryst with pretty Mary Jo, a five-foot-two blue-eyed blonde who was a week away from celebrating her twenty-ninth birthday. The Kopechnes did not go to court over their daughter's death but accepted a $90,904 settlement from Kennedy and $50,000 from an insurance company. This was some time after midnight in order to undertake a new effort to dive.. When Ted Kennedy died, I breathed a sigh of relief.. Provo City, American Fork, and Sacajawea Cemeteries. "For a long time, I was very nervous and afraid about coming forward. Mary Jo worked for several campaigns and politicians including Robert Kennedy (Senator Edward Kennedys older brother) before his assassination. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. I could have had her out of that car twenty-five minutes after I got the call. The fatal one-car accident occurred after Kennedy, behind the wheel, and Kopechne, in the passenger seat, left a celebration - a reunion for Kopechne and five other women known as the 'Boiler Room Girls'. Ted Kennedy Didn't Know Mary Jo Kopechne Was in the Car. 'We could have said some nasty things about him and it wouldn't have done him any good. Copyright The Exasperated Historian All rights reserved. ', As Kiker described the incident, 'It was the Chappaquiddick syndrome long before Chappaquiddick. FACT: See above, and add "why the hell would he dirty his own hands (and risk his own life) to kill her if he was rich enough to pay a hitman?" The doctor who examined the body at the scene found no evidence of a pregnancy, either. In yet another bombshell, her investigation also revealed David Powers, a man infamous for pulling strings to keep the Kennedys out of trouble, was with 28-year-old Mary Jo and Ted in his four-door Oldsmobile! It was very puzzling. en route to the ferry, mary jo and ted crashed the car into a pond from which ted escaped and mary jo did not. 'The Kennedys had the upper hand, and it's been that way ever since.'. Mary Jo died when Kennedy's Oldsmobile plunged off a narrow bridge on the tiny Massachusetts resort island of Chappaquiddick, near Martha's Vineyard, after a late night party with Kennedy campaign workers. 'I want him to tell me what happened,' she said. Mary Jo Kopechne and Robert F. Kennedy. ACCLAIMED news icon Barbara Walters went to her grave carrying a heavy load of behind-the-scenes feuds and secrets! He said her lungs must have been full of water because when he made just light pressure on the chest wall water would simply pour out of the nose and mouth.. GIGI WON'T TAKE LEO BRUSH-OFF LYING DOWN! Mary Jo Kopechne didn't about her relationship with Ted Kennedy, Bussell said she had received a number of invitations from Bobby and Ethel to attend parties at Hickory Hill, but noted that she spent 'much more time with Robert Kennedy than with Ethel. The only punishment Senator Kennedy ever saw was his White House ambitions dashed. 'We get a phone call just to find out how bitter we are and whether we're going to be cooperative,' said Mrs. Kopechne. Photos from news stories regarding Mary Jo Kopechne. John Farrar, the fire rescue captain who retrieved the body on July 19, testified he believed that Kopechne stayed alive for up to half an hour in an air pocket, and ultimately suffocated in the submerged vehicle. In an interview for my book, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, Kiker recalled being at Hickory Hill for a cookout when Bobby, the U.S. [3] She joined the secretarial staff of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY), following his election in November 1964. It stars Jason Clarke (left) as Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara (right) as Kopechne, The upcoming film, which is called 'Chappaquiddick', is opening in theaters across the country on Friday. A REVOLUTIONARY implantable pump safely delivered tumor-killing chemotherapy directly into the skulls of patients fighting malignant brain cancer, giving new hope to treating the deadly disease, researchers say. She was pregnant at the time, and Ted had attended a boozy private party on Chappaquiddick, a small island adjoining Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and left with 28-year-old Kopechne around 11:30 that night. The film also emphasizes the strain it put on Kennedy's wife, Joan, who was pregnant at the time. Published: 13:50 GMT, 6 April 2018 | Updated: 17:34 GMT, 6 April 2018. She had confidence and a zest for life that was intriguing. Jerry Oppenheimer is a New York Times bestselling author who has written two books about the Kennedys The Other Mrs. Kennedy: An American Drama of Power, Privilege, and Politics, and RFK Jr. and The Dark Side of the Dream. A petition to exhume the body for autopsy was denied by a Pennsylvania court. Dr. Donald R. Mills, the countys associate medical examiner, performed the autopsy on Kopechne. The private investigator, who agreed to speak to The ENQUIRER only on the condition of anonymity, said she was terrified to break her silence for fear Teds hatchet men would target her, as they had Mary Jo. They decided that the most virtuous person they could compare Mary Jo to was the senator's sister-in-law, Ethel. [24][25] The service was attended by Kennedy, his wife Joan, his sister-in-law Ethel, and hundreds of onlookers. Both in bathing suits, Bobby and Bussell took off on her motorcycle to a nearby wooded area where they were spotted by a McLean police patrol. Singapore's key exports slumped for the third straight month in December, according to data from Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) on Tuesday, on rapidly cooling global demand. After some miscommunication and confusion with friends at the party, the police were not called until morning. 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. As The Washington Post noted, giving the film three stars, 'Chappaquiddick provides just enough detail to allow us to draw our own conclusions, yet no viewer will think of Ted in the same way. [3] Kopechne was a loyal worker. I came to the surface and then repeatedly dove down to the car in an attempt to see if the passenger was still in the car. Ted was able to escape the car and went home, but he left Mary Jo inside. "[7][14] But as her father later said, "Politics was her life". Joseph died at age 90 in an East Stroudsburg nursing home, in 2003. Prince Harry drops 45 points and Meghan Markle 36 points in just over a month in US public opinion poll James Martin warns This Morning viewers why they should NEVER store their eggs in the fridge. [16], Kopechne was devastated emotionally by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968. 'They should try to explain. Photo by ANL/REX/Shutterstock/People. Ted Kennedy's Darkest Secret Mary Jo Kopechne Was Pregnant Investigation reveals truth behind Chappaquiddick crash! A full biography, Before Chappaquiddick: The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne (2020), was written by William C. Kashatus and published by Potomac Books. [11] Kashatus has said that he spent more than a decade researching the work, inspired by Kopechne as an exemplar of the culture of the Wyoming Valley area, "where the people have a strong work ethic, very strongly Catholic at that period of time, and they raised their kids to respect themselves, respect other people, and work hard. Today theories abound as to whether she died from the water or lack of oxygen, but either way, her death was horrifying, sad, and didnt have to happen. I think there was a big cover-up and that everybody was paid off. [30] Kopechne of Berkeley Heights,] N.J., the girl's parents, had planned to attend Monday's hearing here but did not because Mrs. Kopechne was ill. She didnt drown. The comments below have not been moderated. I was exhausted and in a state of shockWhen I fully realized what had happened this morning, I immediately contacted the police.'. Ted apparently held Mary Jo a pretty blonde with a slight build and the prim manner of a devout Catholic girl in high regard. [19] McNichols lost his run, and Kopechne returned to Washington, D.C. By mid-1969, she had completed work for the eventually successful mayoral campaign of Thomas J. Whelan in Jersey City, New Jersey. MYTH: Ted Kennedy murdered Mary Jo Kopechne to cover up an affair and/or pregnancy. PAPA PEL GOT HIS KICKS FATHERING LOVE CHILDREN! ted was found guilty of a hit-and-run. Prince and Princess of Wales pay tribute to Auschwitz survivor Zigi Shipper, who dedicated his life to Keep calm and carry on! He was a great man.'. John N. Farrar, the captain of the Edgartown Fire Departments Scuba Search and Rescue Division, said that he found Kopechne with her head cocked back, face pressed into the foot well, hand holding onto the front edge of the back seat., By holding herself in such a position, Farrar believes that she was attempting to get to the remaining air in the car. I attempted to open the door and window of the car but have no recollection of how I got out of the car, he explained. They both swam to shore safely. Mary Jo's parents stopped an autopsy from going forward to protect their daughter's dignity. Was it all for the cameras? CUNNING cad Ted Kennedy hid an incredible secret about the night he drove Mary Jo Kopechne off a bridge in Chappaquiddick she was pregnant with his child! Mary Jo's parents stopped an autopsy from going forward to protect their daughter's dignity. Kopechnes undertaker Eugene Frieh was also surprised by how little water was in her lungs. According to the operative, Mary Jo was drunk, said she had a headache, got up and said she was going into one of the bedrooms to lie down. While crossing the small bridge, the car veered off the bridge and into the water. [3] She was a fan of the Boston Red Sox, and of fellow Polish-American Carl Yastrzemski. [18], Kopechne lived with three other women in the Washington neighborhood of Georgetown. Mary Jo helped write one of Roberts anti-Vietnam War speeches and also worked to help him craft his speech formally suspending his campaign for the presidency. Kopechne. With Bobby, Mary Jo was a tireless worker and was totally devoted to him, with dreams of his winning the presidency and her coming to work for him in the White House. The hearing, the inquest -- it was all a farce. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [7] She was a devout Roman Catholic, with a demure, serious, "convent school" demeanor, and rarely drank much.[7][20][21]. It took her at least three or four hours to die. [7] They talked daily with field managers, and also helped distribute policy statements to strategic newspapers. The fatal one-car accident in Chappaquiddick (pictured) occurred after Ted Kennedy, behind the wheel, and Kopechne, in the passenger seat, left a celebration - a reunion for Kopechne and five other women known as the 'Boiler Room Girls', A week after the accident, on July 25, 1969, Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and causing bodily injury. Kopechne's death could have happened any time between about 11:30 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday, as an off-duty deputy sheriff stated he saw a car matching Kennedy's license plate at 12:40 a.m. Kennedy left the scene and did not report the accident to police until after 10 a.m. Saturday. Mary Jo was a good Catholic girl, didn't smoke, despised profanity, and rarely drank; yet the media decided she must have been pregnant with the senator's baby. RISING country music star Zach Bryan has gone to war with Ticketmaster and, it seems, with Bruce Springsteen! [9][14][15] She enthusiastically played on the Kennedy office softball team, playing catcher. tvguidetime.com Joan Kennedy Biography Joan Kennedy became born in Manhattan, New York on September 2, 1936. Very little water was expelled from the lungs. He ruled the death as an accidental drowning, and believes that she could not have been saved, even if Kennedy had immediately notified the police. Continue reading your story in the magazine. Both Joseph and Gwen have said that they blamed Ted Kennedy for not calling the police on the night that he drove his car off the bridge. Mary Jos mother, Gwen, was a homemaker. At some point later in the evening, Kennedy and the politician's wife wanted "some alone time" and didn't want to do anything in front of the group, so they got in the car and drove eventually plunging off the bridge into the water. Joseph and Gwen were both the children of coal miners who had worked in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. EXCLUSIVE: The real story of how Mary Jo Kopechne was a victim of the Kennedys TWICE: Secretary killed at Chappaquiddick had been yet another target of RFK's insatiable sexual appetite before his. They were all in the car when it went off the bridge. In time, as we witnessed, one of Joe's sons, Ted, at age 37 would drive off the Dike Bridge late one night. Wherever Ted is, we hope he's resting peacefully. The operative says cops immediately knew the politician's wife was in the car, because she had left her purse on the front seat. She always went along with whatever he wanted.'. Kennedy expressed remorse over his role in Kopechne's death in his posthumously published memoir, True Compass (2009). [14][17] Kopechne and the other staffers were knowledgeable politically,[17] and were chosen for their ability to work skillfully for long, hectic hours on sensitive matters. ', A surviving relative of Mary Jo, a 75-year-old aunt, however, told People 'For 49 years, people have wanted to know what happened. Kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge and it landed, upside down, in Poucha Pond. The private investigator, who agreed to speak to The ENQUIRER only on the condition of anonymity, said she was terrified to break her silence for fear Teds hatchet men would target her, as they had Mary Jo. 16. He later told the inquest that he called her name several times from the shore and tried to swim down to reach her seven or eight times. Kennedy did not call the police until the next day, when the car, and Kopechnes body, had already been discovered. [9] She graduated with a degree in business administration from Caldwell College for Women in 1962. He lay sprawled in the backseat of a vehicle for some time, before getting help and returning to the site of the accident. Mary Jos parents decided against having an autopsy performed so the true cause of her death, whether it be suffocation or drowning, will never be definitively known. Instead, Ted waited until the following morning to call the cops, but by that time the police had already found her body. (Getty) But Kennedy overcame this and some lesser personal scandals to have a very long career as a Senator, and to achieve a lengthy list of major legislative accomplishments. [14] She did not tell her close friends at the party that she was leaving, and she left her purse and keys behind. At the same time, she. 'Mary Jo must have thought it was a flirtation and she was honored that Bobby cared for her. For a true-crime film about a well-documented incident, Chappaquiddick's ability to preserve ambiguity is remarkable in itself. [3][10], Kopechne was inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural command "Ask what you can do for your country". Today, the handling of the Chappaquiddick case is still viewed as a Kennedy cover-up. In the car with him was Mary Jo Kopechne, a friend (and rumored lover) of Kennedy whom drowned in the car. In July 1969, two days before man took his first steps on the moon on July 20, this 27-year-old white, single, female political worker was found dead, alone, under water, in an overturned. Map showing the key places involved in the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Three days later, Ethel accompanied Ted and his wife, Joan, to the dreary mining town of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, where Mary Jo had been born. She and five other women Rosemary Keough, Esther Newberg, Nance and Maryellen Lyons, and Susan Tannenbaum became known as the "Boiler Room Girls," because of their hot, windowless office. At an inquest following the incident, Ted testified water was rushing in on all sides of the car. At least one person at the party knew Mary Jo had gone into one of the cars and told authorities that after the accident. Mary Jo was pregnant by the senator! declared a source who has doggedly investigated the July 18, 1969 incident, which inspired. Senator Ted Kennedycareened off a bridge - inside was passengerMary Jo Kopechne. I was unsuccessful in the attempt. He concluded by asking the viewers the people of Massachusetts whether he should resign his senate seat. The darkest of these was that Mary Jo Kopechne had been pregnant with his child and he had crashed intentionally to kill her and avoid a marital scandal. Mary Jo Kopechne was the 28 year old political operative who died, tragically, in a car accident near Chappaquiddick Island on July 18,1969. Mrs. Kopechne expressed resentment that 'nothing decent' was reported about her daughter at the time, and the four other unmarried women campaign workers at the party did nothing to explain her daughter's presence in Kennedy's car. She said that she was feeling ill, and wished to return to her hotel so that she could go to bed. She had not only typed his presidential announcement, but had even made suggestions regarding some of his phrasing. While Ted claimed he and Mary Jo were little more than acquaintances, it can now be revealed, it was Bobby who had first taken a more than casual liking to Mary Jo, who somewhat resembled Bobby's wife Ethel, mother of their eleven children. That said, the details around Kopecnhes death have led to subsequent investigations and speculation about the timeline of events that night. The operative says so began a cover-up to protect Kennedy. By National ENQUIRER Staff Apr 19, 2018 @ 16:19PM View gallery 17 Getty Images/Files Kennedy did not report the accident to police until nine hours later, leading to widespread suspicion that he and the 28-year-old blonde were having an affair that would hurt his political career if it became public knowledge. [26] Massachusetts officials pressed for weeks to have Kopechne's body exhumed for an autopsy,[27] but in December 1969, a Pennsylvania judge sided with the parents' request not to disturb her burial site. Hidden Histories, Facts, and Mysteries You Most Likely Didn't Learn in History Class, Born: 26 July 1940, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Died: 18 July 1969, Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, United States of America. After a few more rescue attempts he went back to his hotel room and passed out. However, Mary Jo didnt die instantly; she was alive, breathing in a small air pocket in the car, for hours after the accident. The car went off the side of the bridge., Kennedy denied any accusations that he was intoxicated at the time. 'Ethel was still in a state of shock over Bobby's death,' a family insider told me, 'and now the man who she was relying on to keep her on steady ground - the only shoulder she had to lean on - seemed to be self-destructing before her eyes.'. Locals discovered the car in the water the next day, July 19th, and alerted the police. Pictured above, divers retrieve Kennedy's car after the crash, 'I attempted to open the door and the window of the car but have no recollection of how I got out of the car.' He also said that he got no encouragement from the district attorneys office to order one. Gwens father, William, came to the US from Wales, along with his parents, in 1881, when he was a young boy. She is buried at St. Vincents Cemetery on Larksville Mountain, making her the fifth generation of her family to be interred there. As The ENQUIRER previously reported. Even more shocking, Ted Kennedy was married at the time! 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