<p>On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever.</p>
<figure id="attachment_3267" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3267" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-with-wife.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3267 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-with-wife.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="608" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-with-wife.jpg 600w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-with-wife-296x300.jpg 296w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3267" class="wp-caption-text">Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan in the mid-sixties</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3269" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3269" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Joe-Kennedy-Ann-Gargan.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3269 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Joe-Kennedy-Ann-Gargan.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="611" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Joe-Kennedy-Ann-Gargan.jpg 600w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Joe-Kennedy-Ann-Gargan-295x300.jpg 295w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3269" class="wp-caption-text">Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Joe Gargan’s sister Ann, Joe Kennedy’s longtime caretaker.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3271" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3271" style="width: 521px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Gargan-late-in-life.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3271" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Gargan-late-in-life.jpg" alt="" width="521" height="650" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Gargan-late-in-life.jpg 521w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Gargan-late-in-life-240x300.jpg 240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3271" class="wp-caption-text">Joe Gargan, late in life.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_3273" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3273" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-mary-Jo.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3273 size-full" src="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-mary-Jo.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" srcset="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-mary-Jo.jpg 640w, https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-mary-Jo-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3273" class="wp-caption-text">Kopechne family gravestone</figcaption></figure>

On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever. Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan in the mid-sixties Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Joe Gargan’s sister Ann, Joe Kennedy’s longtime caretaker. Joe Gargan, late in life. Kopechne family gravestone

<p>On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever.</p>
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-with-wife.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan in the mid-sixties
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Joe-Kennedy-Ann-Gargan.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Joe Gargan’s sister Ann, Joe Kennedy’s longtime caretaker.
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-Gargan-late-in-life.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Joe Gargan, late in life.
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kennedy-mary-Jo.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Kopechne family gravestone

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