The dynastic Kennedy clan lost its matriarch on Thursday with the passing of 96-year-old Ethel Kennedy.
The activist and mother, who was left to raise 11 kids on her own after her husband, Robert, was assassinated in 1968, is survived by nine of her children—many of whom have become noteworthy in their own right.
As with the generation of Kennedys that came before them, public service, tragic deaths and scandal are entwined in their legacy.
