Family incidents led Ted to question in a televised statement about the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969 , whether there was a " Kennedy curse . " In 1941 , Rosemary underwent a lobotomy intended to curb behavioral and emotional issues , but the operation left her incapacitated ; Joseph Jr. died in 1944 when the Navy bomber he was piloting during World War II exploded in flight ; Kathleen died in a plane crash in France in 1948 ; and John and Robert were both assassinated in 1963 and 1968 . In 1964 , Ted was nearly killed in a plane crash in Southampton , Massachusetts . Legislative aide Edward Moss and the pilot were killed . Ted was seriously injured and spent months in a hospital recovering from a severe back injury , a punctured lung , broken ribs and internal bleeding . He suffered chronic back pain for the rest of his life as a result of the accident
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