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Tragedy Strikes the Kennedys -- PICTURES
Updated: September 18, 2011 | 1:45 p.m.
September 17, 2011 | 3:23 p.m.
Kara Kennedy Allen, 51, the daughter of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, died suddenly on Sept. 16. A heart attack is suspected. She becomes the latest member of Camelot to die an untimely death. Here's a look at the tragic deaths that have rocked the Kennedy family over the years.
John F. Kennedy | Died Nov. 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was killed on Nov. 22, 1963 when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling in a motorcade in Dallas.— PHOTO: NATIONAL ARCHIVES/NEWSMAKERS (National Archives/Newsmakers)
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. | Died Aug. 12, 1944 Navy Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was the older brother of President Kennedy. He died over Europe when explosives on the plane he was piloting detonated prematurely.— PHOTO: JFK PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY (JFK PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY)
Robert F. Kennedy | Died June 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy, a younger brother of President Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., served as U.S. Attorney General and was later a senator from New York. He was killed by a gunman shortly after winning California's presidential primary.— PHOTO: NATIONAL ARCHIVES/NEWSMAKERS (National Archives/Newsmakers)
John F. Kennedy Jr. | Died July 16, 1999 John F. Kennedy Jr., son of President Kennedy, died in a plane crash in 1999.— PHOTO: STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES (STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Kara Kennedy Allen | Died Sept. 16, 2011 Kara Kennedy Allen, 51, the daughter of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died suddenly at a Washington, D.C., gym on Sept. 16, of an apparent heart attack. Kennedy served on the boards of nonprofits and was once a television producer. — PHOTO: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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