John F. Kennedy’s sister Patricia dies
Published 9:00 pm Sunday, September 17, 2006
BOSTON – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of actor Peter Lawford, died at her New York home from complications of pneumonia on Sunday, according to a spokeswoman from for Sen. Edward Kennedy. She was 82.
Patricia Kennedy was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Rose and Joseph Kennedy’s nine children.
She began working as an assistant in NBC’s New York production department and then moved to Los Angeles with the goal of becoming a producer and director. She worked as an assistant for Kate Smith’s radio program, and for Father Peyton’s Family Theater and Family Rosary Crusade, according to the Web site for the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
She met British actor Peter Lawford through her brother, the future president, in 1949. They were married in 1954 and had four children before divorcing in 1965.
Lawford traveled the country in support of her brother’s presidential campaign was also involved in the political campaigns of Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy.
