Rushton Skakel Sr.: In-law of Kennedys, father of killer 01/05/2003 Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. - Rushton Skakel Sr., brother of Ethel Kennedy and father of Michael Skakel - who was convicted last year of killing a teenage neighbor in 1975 - died Thursday at age 79. Mr. Skakel died in Hobe Sound, Fla., after a long battle with a brain illness, his lawyer, Emanuel Margolis, said Saturday. Relatives traveled to Florida to make arrangements for a service there Saturday, Mr. Margolis said. Michael Skakel's trial lawyer, Michael Sherman, said: "In the four years that I've had contact with him,...
