Clan Gathers To Mourn Kennedy

Sat., Jan. 3, 1998

Compiled From Wire Services

Kennedys, Shrivers, Lawfords, Cuomos and other members of the extended family gathered at the Kennedy compound Friday to pay last respects to Michael Kennedy, who in just a year went from high promise to scandal to death.

With the flag at half-staff, the white Cape Cod summer home where the family has rallied in times of crisis for decades was the site of a wake for the 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.

Michael Kennedy died on New Year’s Eve after slamming head-first into a tree while playing football on skis with members of the family on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.

Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., both brothers of Michael; Ethel Kennedy; and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Michael’s sister and Maryland’s lieutenant governor, were among those arriving for the funeral.

Maria Shriver, a cousin of Michael’s, arrived with husband Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Barnstable Municipal Airport near the Kennedy compound, as did Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.

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