Born: 13-Sep-1918
Birthplace: Brookline, MA
Died: 7-Jan-2005
Location of death: Jefferson, WI [1]
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Relative

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: JFK's retarded sister

Born slightly retarded, Rosemary Kennedy learned to read and write, and through her early 20s friends described her as bubbly and personable. Her famous family, however, feared that Rosemary might get pregnant, catch a venereal disease, or otherwise embarrass the Kennedys. To prevent this, she became one of the first Americans to undergo a prefrontal lobotomy, having the frontal lobes of her brain surgically blasted in 1942, resulting in Ms. Kennedy's paralysis, incoherence, and incontinence. She was institutionalized for the rest of her life, rarely mentioned by the Kennedys or by those who consider the family American royalty.

Father: Joseph P. Kennedy
Mother: Rose Kennedy
Brother: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (d. shot down in WWII)
Brother: John F. Kennedy (U.S. President)
Sister: Kathleen Kennedy (d. plane crash)
Sister: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Sister: Patricia Kennedy (b. 5-May-1924)
Brother: Robert F. Kennedy (U.S. Attorney General)
Sister: Jean Ann Kennedy (b. 20-Feb-1928)
Brother: Ted Kennedy (U.S. Senator)

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