Tragic Kennedy clan gathers for funeral of Bobby's granddaughter Saoirse after ‘drug overdose’
MEMBERS of the Kennedy family have gathered for the funeral of Bobby's granddaughter, who died last week of a suspected drug overdose.
Younger family members said she had loved her friends, Ireland, and her "quest for freedom", and remembered her as a strong-minded Irish woman with a "big, beautiful smile".Paramedics rushed to the home on Thursday and took her to Cape Cod Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the New York Times reports.
"I did the worst thing a victim can do, and I pretended it hadn’t happened. This all became too much, and I attempted to take my own life." June 6, 1968 - Robert Kennedy, JFK's younger brother and his attorney general, is assassinated after winning the California Democratic primary. July 16, 1999 - John F Kennedy Junior, JFK's son, dies while flying his light aircraft to the holiday island of Martha's Vineyard. He reportedly became disoriented during the night flight and crashed into the ocean.
Speaking about her time in school, she wrote: "Deerfield is one of the top educational institutions in the country, yet no one seems to know how to talk about mental illness. “She lit up our lives with her love, her peals of laughter and her generous spirit,” the family statement said.Boston 25 News, citing a law enforcement source, reported that Hill died from a suspected drug overdose at the estate in Massachusetts, US.
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