The Kennedy family was prominent in Massachusetts politics in the 20th century . Children of businessman and ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. included John F. Kennedy , who was a senator and US president before his assassination in 1963 , Robert F. Kennedy , who was a senator , US attorney general and presidential candidate before his assassination in 1968 , Ted Kennedy , a senator from 1962 until his death in 2009 , and Eunice Kennedy Shriver , a co-founder of the Special Olympics . The famous Kennedy Compound is located at Hyannisport on Cape Cod
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Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
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