Ethel Kennedy, wife of RFK, dead at 96

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of assassinated US politician Robert F. Kennedy, died Thursday at the age of 96, her family said.

"It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our amazing grandmother," former congressman Joe Kennedy III said on social media.

Ethel Kennedy, who died of complications from a stroke, was a key figure in a family that counted former president John F. Kennedy -- also assassinated -- and senator Ted Kennedy among its ranks.

She was also the mother of Robert F.