RIP Jean Kennedy Smith

[47of74]

The last of the Kennedy siblings has passed away.

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Jean Kennedy Smith, a sister of former President John F. Kennedy, died Wednesday night at her home in Manhattan, her daughter Kym Smith confirmed to The New York Times. She was 92. 

Smith, the eighth of nine children, was the last surviving sibling of JFK. 

In 1993, she was named ambassador to Ireland by then-President Clinton, where she played a role in the Northern Ireland peace process. She helped persuade Clinton to grant a visa to Gerry Adams, the chief of the Irish Republican Army-linked (IRA) Sinn Fein Party, in 1994, defying the British government, which had branded Adams a terrorist, The Associated Press noted in its obituary.

In 1998, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said, “it is not an understatement to say that if [the visa for Adams)]didn’t happen at the time, perhaps other events may not have fallen into place,” according to the AP. 

She more than earned her rest.

[GreyhoundFan]

I've wanted to read her memoir for quite some time.  RIP

[SPHASH]

Not gonna lie I'm pretty bummed over this.