Celebrity birth data

Michael LeMoyne Kennedy

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Michael L. Kennedy

Birth data

Gender
Male
Birth date
February 27, 1958
Date of death
December 31, 1997 (died aged 39)
Birth time
06:00(UTC-05:00)
As recorded: 06:00
Birthplace
Washington, D.C.As recorded: Washington, District of Columbia
Country / region
United States
Reliability
AReported by the person, family or close contacts

Biography

Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (February 27, 1958 – December 31, 1997) was an American lawyer, businessman and activist. The sixth child of Robert Francis Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Kennedy family.

Kennedy graduated from Harvard and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984. For many years he was chairman and manager of the non-profit Citizens Energy Corporation, which provides heating oil and medical assistance to low-income and elderly households in Massachusetts and other cold regions. He also co-chaired the Walden Woods Project and in 1994 co-founded the anti-gun-violence group Stop Handgun Violence.

On December 31, 1997, Kennedy was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain, Colorado, when he skied into a tree. He was 39.

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