'My world fell apart when my granddaughter died' - BBC

by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National News DeskTue, October 20, 2026 at 11:42 AMKyle Kennedy Kerr speaks onstage during the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple Of Hope Awards on December 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights )(TNND) — Kyle Kennedy, one of the 34 grandchildren of Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, died Sept. 21 at the age of 42, according to her obituary. Kennedy, the daughter of Michael Kennedy and Victoria Denise Gifford, died at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts. A cause of death has not been determined, with a death certificate obtained by People listing it as "pending. " Her manner of death remains under investigation. In 2020, Kennedy suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left her with long-term paralysis and other medical challenges. She later became an advocate for people with disabilities, even testifying at the Massachusetts State House during a hearing on discrimination in health care for people with disabilities. Kyle Kennedy Kerr, Marianna Vardinoyannis, and Rory Kennedy Camillo attend the 2019 Robert F.

Caroline Kennedy Breaks Silence on Tatiana Schlossberg's DeathThe Kennedy family is facing another devastating loss. Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, died “peacefully” at her Westwood, Massachusetts home Sept. 21, six years after a spinal cord injury left her paralyzed in 2020. She was 42.

'My daughter's bed was propped up on books,' says mum amid child poverty fears3 hours agoShelley PhelpsWales Westminster correspondentSarah RuscoeSarah Ruscoe's daughter Sabrina is among Wales' one-third of children living in relative poverty"I was sleeping on the sofa, she had a bed that was propped up on books. One of the legs had fallen off completely. "Sarah Ruscoe, a single mum out of work because of a health condition, said she had worried her daughter's bed would collapse in the night after finding herself in a "dire" financial situation. A food bank user, Ruscoe said "every year seems to be getting worse" as she struggled to make her benefits cover essentials. A charity eventually paid for a new bed for daughter Sabrina, 11. But MPs heard this week that the general picture of one in three children living in relative poverty in Wales had not changed in 20 years, with a think tank saying the problem was becoming entrenched. On Wednesday MPs at the UK Parliament's Welsh Affairs Committee opened an inquiry on ending child poverty in Wales.