Kara Kennedy
| Kara Kennedy | |
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| Born |
Kara Anne Kennedy February 27, 1960 Bronxville, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
September 16, 2011 (aged 51) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Other names | Kara Kennedy Allen |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Occupation |
Homemaker Professional board of directors member Television producer |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Allen (m. 1990) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Ted Kennedy Joan Bennett Kennedy |
| Relatives | see Kennedy family |
Kara Anne Kennedy Allen (February 27, 1960 – September 16, 2011) was a member of the American political dynasty, the Kennedy family. She was the oldest of the three children of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts and Joan Bennett Kennedy, and a niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Kara Kennedy served on the boards of numerous charities and was a filmmaker and television producer.
Kara Anne Kennedy was born in 1960 to Joan and Ted Kennedy in Bronxville, New York. In his book True Compass, Senator Kennedy wrote about his joy at her birth: "I had never seen a more beautiful baby nor been more happy." Her siblings are Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (born 1961), and Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born 1967). She spent her early years in Virginia and Cape Cod. She attended the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. and Trinity College, Hartford. Kennedy graduated from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
After graduating from the National Cathedral School in 1978, Kennedy worked on her father's 1980 Presidential campaign before matriculating at Tufts University. Following the receipt of her degree in 1983, she pursued a career in television, working at Fox News in New York. She also was a producer for the television program Evening Magazine at station WBZ-TV in Boston.
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