Rosemary Kennedy
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Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy was the eldest daughter born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. She was a sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. and Ted Kennedy.
Rosemary Kennedy in 1938, ready to be presented at Buckingham Palace
The Kennedy family at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts in 1931, with Rosemary on the far right
James W. Watts (left) and Walter Freeman (right) lobotomized Kennedy in 1941
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy.
Kennedy in 1938
Kennedy in 1914, aged 25, when he claimed to be America's youngest bank president.
Kennedy, along with fifteen others, signed a telegram warning that the release of Sadie Thompson starring Gloria Swanson would jeopardize the ability of the film industry to censor itself. Swanson needed financing for her film production company, and Kennedy began a three-year affair with her when he met her for lunch in New York after the film's release.
James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped Kennedy start his liquor business after Prohibition.