Kennedys Curse

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The Kennedy Curse refers to a series of unfortunate events that have happened to the Kennedy family. While these events could have happened to any family, some have referred to the continualmisfortune of the Kennedy family as a curse. Several of the Kennedys died young.

What could has been the main cause of the Kennedy curse?
A lot of people have told that the main cause of the Kennedycurse was a gypsy's spell. A gypsy cursed Joseph Kennedy´s family for three generations.

But why did she do that? Maybe because of the kennedy´s family was one of the most powerful and richest familyof EE.UU.

That is just a possibility. But up today no one knows exactly the main cause of this tragedy.

Chronology

Believers in the curse generally cite the following core events asevidence of the family's misfortunes:

Rosemary Kennedy
1941 – Rosemary Kennedy (Joseph P. Kennedy’s daugher), was believed to be mentally retarded. However, some sources have claimed she was sufferingfrom mental illness, such as depression. Because of her increasingly violent and severe mood swings, her father, Joe, Sr., arranged in secret for her to undergo a lobotomy. The surgery impaired hercognitive abilities even more.

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
August 12, 1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (the oldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr) is killed in action in a mid-airaircraft explosion over eastern England during World War II

Kathleen Cavendish
May 13, 1948 Kathleen Cavendish, (the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and a sister of U.S. President John F.Kennedy) died in a plane crash in France

Jacqueline Bouvier
August 23, 1956 – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy gives birth to a stillborn daughter, Arabella.[ (Although the daughter was unnamed and isburied at Arlington National Cemetery next to her parents with a marker reading "Daughter", later reports indicated that the Kennedys had intended to name her Arabella.

John F. Kennedy
November...
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