Rosemary Kennedy | |
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Born | Rose Marie Kennedy September 13, 1918 |
Died | January 7, 2005 Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States | (aged 86)
Resting place | Holyhood Cemetery |
Education | Sacred Heart Convent |
Parent(s) | Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Rose Kennedy |
Relatives | Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (brother) John F. Kennedy (brother) Kathleen Kennedy (sister) Eunice Kennedy (sister) Patricia Kennedy (sister) Robert Kennedy (brother) Jean Kennedy (sister) Edward Kennedy (brother) |
Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was a member of the Kennedy family. She was the first sister of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. She was said to have substandard intelligence, with a mental age of between age 8 and 13.
She had seizures and sudden changes in mood. At this time, doctors thought that a surgery called a lobotomy would fix these problems. In a lobotomy, one part of the brain is cut away from the rest. She got a lobotomy in 1941, when she was 23 years old, but it failed. She was left with the intelligence of a two-year-old child. After this, she could not speak correctly or walk. She lived the rest of her life in a care facility for people with disabilities.[1]