Forgotten Kennedy. A television movie based on Searls' book won a primetime Emmy in 1977. Peter Strauss played Kennedy as an adult and Lance Kerwin played him as a teenager in the film. See also Kennedy curse Kennedy family Kennedy family tree Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, a 1977 TV movie References External links JFK Letter on the Death of Brother Joe Kennedy Jr. Shapell Manuscript Foundation Eye Witness of Plane Crash, BlythburghWeb.co.uk; accessed September 26, 2017 Joseph Kennedy Jr., Untold History on History Hit TV 1915 births 1944 deaths People from Brookline, Massachusetts People from Hull, Massachusetts Alumni of the London School of Economics United States Navy personnel killed in World War II Harvard Law School alumni Joseph P Military personnel from Massachusetts Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) United States Navy officers United States Navy pilots of World War II Recipients of the Air Medal Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in England Aviators from Massachusetts Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1944 United States Navy reservists