Granddaughter of RFK dies at 22 | ABC News

Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill, the fifth of 11 children of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, had been rushed to the hospital from the Kennedy compound. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2T9xfSV

The Kennedy family confirmed the death in a statement.

"Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise and love. She cared deeply about friends and family, especially her mother Courtney, her father Paul, her stepmother Stephanie, and her grandmother Ethel, who said, 'The world is a little less beautiful today,'" the Kennedy family said in the statement.

"She lit up our lives with her love, her peals of laughter and her generous spirit. Saoirse was passionately moved by the causes of human rights and women’s empowerment and found great joy in volunteer work, working alongside indigenous communities to build schools in Mexico. We will love her and miss her forever," the statement continued.

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