[cicero2k]

Check out the following link if you are keeping score:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/08/26/us/kennedy-family-tree.html

Nine children, 31 grandchildren.

Two dead by assassination.
Two dead in combat.
One dead in skiing accident (had babysitter affair).
One dead (with wife) in small plane crash.
One lobotomized.
One accused / acquited of rape.
One crashed into a barrier under the influence of medicine.

Today, one with a suicidal wife.

My life is so, drama free.

[dfwgator]

Two dead by assassination. Two dead in combat. One dead in skiing accident (had babysitter affair). One dead (with wife) in small plane crash. One lobotomized. One accused / acquited of rape. One crashed into a barrier under the influence of medicine.

You could almost say that to the tune of Jim Carroll's "People Who Died"

[Mears]

David Kennedy died of a drug overdose.

Joe Kennedy responsible for girl’s paralysis.

Ted Jr lost leg to cancer.

[Verginius Rufus]

One given a two-month suspended sentence for drowning a woman.