 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1968, Kennedy akava mukwikwidzi anotungamirira nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic nokuda kwehutungamiri nokukwezva varombo, vokuAfrica vokuAmerica, vokuSpain, vaKaturike, uye vavhoti vaduku. Anokwikwidzana naye mukuru munhangemutange akanga ari Seneta Eugene McCarthy. Nokukurumidza pashure pokukunda musarudzo dzokutanga dzeCalifornia panenge pakati pousiku musi waJune 5, 1968, Kennedy akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisaapo akapfurwa nepistol naSirhan Sirhan, muPalestine ane makore 24 okukura, sezviri pachena kutsiva kutsigira kwake Israeri pashure peHondo Yemazuva matanhatu ya1967. Kennedy akafa maawa 25 gare gare. Sirhan akasungwa, akatongwa, uye akapomerwa mhosva, kunyange hazvo kuurayiwa kwaKennedy, kufanana nokwemuninina wake, kuchiramba kuri nyaya yokuongororwa kwakapararira uye pfungwa dzakawanda dzokurangana. 