Kara Kennedy
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Kara Anne Kennedy Allen (February 27, 1960 – September 16, 2011) was a member of the Kennedy family's American political dynasty.
She was the oldest of the three children of the United States. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and Joan Bennett Kennedy, as well as a niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, are among Senator Ted Kennedy's nieces.
Kara Kennedy was a member of numerous charities as well as a film and television producer.
Early life and education
In Bronxville, New York, Kara Anne Kennedy was born in 1960 to Joan and Ted Kennedy. Senator Kennedy wrote about his joy at his birth in his book True Compass: "I've never seen a more beautiful baby nor been more content." Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (born 1961), and Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born 1967). She spent her youth in Virginia and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She attended the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Kennedy graduated from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Personal life
On September 9, 1990, Kennedy and Michael Allen, an architect and real estate developer from Rhode Island, were married at the Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts, a popular spot for Kennedy family gatherings. Kennedy shortened her middle name "Anne" to replace it with her maiden name "Kennedy" as her new middle name when she married. Grace Kennedy Allen (born September 19, 1994, in Washington, D.C.) and Max Greathouse Allen (born December 20, 1996, in Rockville, Maryland), they had two children: Grace Kennedy Allen (born September 19, 1994, Germany) and Max Greathouse Allen. After 11 years of marriage, they were divorced.
Kennedy was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42. She was initially told that the disease was inoperable, but she discovered — with her father's help — a surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who was able to cut part of her right lung in an attempt to save her life. The operation was a success, and she returned to an active life that involved regular running and swimming.
Kennedy received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on behalf of her father at a Washington, D.C. ceremony on August 12, 2009. Her father died 13 days later; he had been diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.
In April 2011, Kennedy wrote an article about her family's growing up and her father's influence on her. Kennedy spoke about her closeness with her father and the part he played in assisting her in battling lung cancer.
Career
Kennedy worked on her father's 1980 presidential campaign before matriculating at Tufts University after graduating from National Cathedral School in 1978. Following her graduation in 1983, she pursued a career in television, most recently at Fox News in New York. At station WBZ-TV in Boston, she was also a producer for the television show Evening Magazine.
Kennedy co-managed her father's triumphant 1988 re-election bid with her brother Ted.
Kennedy produced films for VSA arts, formerly known as Very Special Arts, an organization established by Jean Kennedy Smith to encourage participation in the arts by people with disabilities. One of Kennedy's most well-known projects was a film she produced on Chris Burke, the actor with Down syndrome who appeared in the television series Life Goes On. She said that the film had as much of a positive affect on her as it did on the viewing audience.
In Boston, Massachusetts, Kennedy served as both a director emerita and a national trustee for the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, a non-profit group that provides financial assistance, teaching, and artistic resources for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Kennedy contributed to Sibley Hospital and the women of the N Street Village in Washington, D.C., where she co-produced a film about the institute that was seen at the institute's inaugural groundbreaking function. Kennedy, a reading tutor, was planning to join the Board of Reading Partners at the time of her death.
Kennedy served on the National Advisory Board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS).