She is satisfactory referred to as the first wife of Ted Kennedy, the longest-serving United States Senator. He walked away a free man, although the stress of the incident caused his wife, Joan, who had a serous drinking problem, to suffer her third miscarriage. But since Mary Jo was dead, it was just Ted's word, a classic 'he said, he said' situation. He drove less than a mile before going off the bridge. The group of girls she hung out with were all honor roll students, said Emalene Fargnoli, a childhood friend. Mary Jo hero-worshipped the Kennedys - and especially Bobby, who like Ted, their late brother, the assassinated president John Kennedy, and their father, the patriarch, Joseph P Kennedy, were legendary philanderers. 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When Kopechne's body was later retrieved by a diver, she was wearing a blouse, bra, slacks, but no panties. 'Can't he relieve us of this? Wendell Pigman, who had been one of Mary Jo's supervisors when she worked for Bobby, would later assert that Mary Jo 'was like Ethel in that she would grimace if anyone said anything that was dirty or tasteless. Ted was driving, and David Powers helped cover this up! dished the source. Mary Jo Kopechne was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist, who came to limelight when she worded Robert F. Kennedy's March 1968 speech that announced his presidential candidacy. Oscar Cainer tells all, Do not sell or share my personal information. Today the #metoo movement would be all over RFK for sexual harassment. Kennedy got behind the wheel and took the only paved road on Chappaquiddick Island. Mary Jo Kopechne was the 28 year old political operative who died, tragically, in a car accident near Chappaquiddick Island on July 18,1969. She had not only typed his presidential announcement, but had even made suggestions regarding some of his phrasing. The Chappaquiddick Incident. The prosecutors agreed with Kennedy's high-powered attorneys to suspended any jail sentence. It took her at least three or four hours to die. "She was quiet, self-effacing, never bragged," Kluge says. [1], The Chappaquiddick incident and Kopechne's death became the topic of at least 15 non-fiction books, as well as a novella by Joyce Carol Oates. Part of the a360media Entertainment Group. [11] One former student recalled her as, "a petite strawberry blonde with pep in her step. The Kopechnes met twice with the senator at his request to discuss the accident, but Mrs. Kopechne described the meetings as 'ridiculous' and said they didn't learn anything about her daughter's death from him, nor did they ever hear him say he was sorry. Like the Kennedys - and especially Ethel - Mary Jo was a staunch catholic, had attended parochial schools, and had spent a year teaching at the Mission of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama. In an interview for my book, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, Kiker recalled being at Hickory Hill for a cookout when Bobby, the U.S. [29] The events surrounding Kopechne's death damaged Kennedy's reputation, and are regarded as a major reason why he was never able to mount a successful campaign for President of the United States and essentially chose not to pursue the office. Part of the money went to build the house they live in with such mementos of Mary Joas her portrait, her favorite stuffed animals and an autographed picture of John F. Kennedy, for whom she worked in the 1960 presidential campaign. CUNNING cad Ted Kennedy hid an incredible secret about the night he drove Mary Jo Kopechne off a bridge in Chappaquiddick she was pregnant with his child! The comments below have not been moderated. Powered by. In Kennedy's office, Mary Jo Kopechne quickly made a name for herself. The family lived in a modest home in a predominately Irish and Italian neighborhood. Another insider asserts, 'It was typical Bobby. The fatal one-car accident in Chappaquiddick (pictured) occurred after Ted Kennedy, behind the wheel, and Kopechne, in the passenger seat, left a celebration - a reunion for Kopechne and five other women known as the 'Boiler Room Girls', A week after the accident, on July 25, 1969, Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and causing bodily injury. Kennedy recounts how the night of the accident unfolded. [9] She graduated with a degree in business administration from Caldwell College for Women in 1962. Very little water was expelled from the lungs. [12] She also taught business classes in typing and shorthand at Montgomery Catholic High School,[13] and was an advisor to the school newspaper. Mills initially told Time Magazine that Kopechne died anywhere from five to eight hours before he looked at her body, which was around 9:30 a.m. Bobby is pictured above with his wife, Ethel. When the Chappaquiddick scandal broke, Ethel became one of her brother-in-law Ted Kennedy's staunchest defenders. I felt strongly that if these girls were notified that an accident had taken place and Mary Jo had, in fact, drowned, that it would only be a matter of seconds before all of those girls, who were long and dear friends of Mary Jos, would go to the scene of the accident and enter the water with, I felt, a good chance that some serious mishap might have occurred to any one of them, he told author Leo Damore. Prince Harry is the one royal who has addressed his family's connection to slavery more explicitly. He immediately turned himself into the police. Kennedy then rested on the bank for about 15 minutes before he returned to Lawrence Cottage, where the party was still going on. Instead, Ted waited until the following morning to call the cops, but by that time the police had already found her body. That said, the details around Kopecnhes death have led to subsequent investigations and speculation about the timeline of events that night. The operative says so began a cover-up to protect Kennedy. Georgetta Potoski, a cousin and confidant of Mary Jo's, shares insight on 'The Story.' Senator Ted Kennedycareened off a bridge - inside was passengerMary Jo Kopechne. 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Kopechnes undertaker Eugene Frieh was also surprised by how little water was in her lungs. Thats right, a woman died, and the only negative Ted received was failure to become President of the United States. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. After they left, Bobby reappeared out of the brush. She died in 2007 at a nursing home in Plains Township. They went there because the politician's wife was at the party and Kennedy wanted to hook up with her. [24] Kopechne was buried in St. Vincent's Cemetery in Larksville, Pennsylvania,[1] in the parish cemetery on the side of Larksville Mountain. The New York Times reports that Kennedy learned of the news around 9:30 a.m. China's 2022 economic growth slows to 3%, among worst on record. [4] They subsequently moved to Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. Today theories abound as to whether she died from the water or lack of oxygen, but either way, her death was horrifying, sad, and didnt have to happen. Kopechne grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended Caldwell College for Women in New Jersey, where she met Kluge. There must be something he could tell me that would lift this heavy burden from my heart.'. Even more shocking, Ted Kennedy was married at the time! 'I took full responsibility for the tragedy at the time and I still do,' Kennedy said. Her family history in the Wyoming Valley area of northeastern Pennsylvania goes back 250 years on her maternal side. 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. BRAZILIAN soccer superstar Pel, who died at 82 last month after a career that included an incredible 12 goals in 14 World Cup matches, was a big-time scorer in other ways, too! Mara gives Kopechne a sympathetic interpretation, although much of the film takes place after her death.[33]. Hidden Histories, Facts, and Mysteries You Most Likely Didn't Learn in History Class, Born: 26 July 1940, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Died: 18 July 1969, Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, United States of America. They pushed for no autopsy because of the heinous and vicious lies the press decided to toss at them and their daughter. Kopechne was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,[3] although she is sometimes described as being from nearby Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. 16. [7] They talked daily with field managers, and also helped distribute policy statements to strategic newspapers. Photos from news stories regarding Mary Jo Kopechne. For years, Powers was best known for arranging trysts between Teds brother. 'She said he was just a good politician. "For a long time, I was very nervous and afraid about coming forward. Provo City, American Fork, and Sacajawea Cemeteries. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. Somebody is hiding something. July 25, 1969: Ted Kennedy addresses Chappaquiddick accident. Fire rescue diver John Farrar testified he believed Kopechne died of, Last edited on 22 December 2022, at 18:52, U.S. This incident severely damaged, if not destroyed Kennedy's political career, his chances of becoming president in 1972 and 1976 and his reputation as a senator. The cops escorted her back into Hickory Hill. Ted Kennedy: His Darkest Secret Mary Jo Kopechne Was Pregnant Special Report! 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Powers was also there, but that fact was covered up, according to the source. The cause of death was listed as drowning. Carol Capik, another close friend, said that Mary Jo was also more active than others in Sodality, a school organization that promoted Christian charity. Im sure thats why the nuns liked her so much, she added. Dr. Donald R. Mills, the countys associate medical examiner, performed the autopsy on Kopechne. 'We could have said some nasty things about him and it wouldn't have done him any good. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls". Ted even had two of his friends attempt to retrieve Mary Jo from the car after he returned to the party, but these men also failed to save Mary Jo or notify police. While crossing the small bridge, the car veered off the bridge and into the water. She always went along with whatever he wanted.'. Ted apparently held Mary Jo a pretty blonde with a slight build and the prim manner of a devout Catholic girl in high regard. Ted Kennedy, Roberts brother, was also at the party, and Mary Jo and Ted left the party together. 'She talked about faith, how it could help,' recalled Joseph Kopechne. Gwen Kopechne lived to be 89 years old. I saw him! All of them were shut up. [19] McNichols lost his run, and Kopechne returned to Washington, D.C. By mid-1969, she had completed work for the eventually successful mayoral campaign of Thomas J. Whelan in Jersey City, New Jersey. When they decided to leave the party, Ted, who had been drinking, drove while Mary Jo rode alongside. Josephs ancestors arrived from Austria at about the same time. Today, the handling of the Chappaquiddick case is still viewed as a Kennedy cover-up. He commuted to a job in the New Jersey shipyards before eventually finding work as an accountant and moving his family to East Orange, New Jersey when Mary Jo was four years old. The intense media scrutiny was so bad Joan eventually suffered a miscarriage from the stressbut she also claimed she completely believed her husbands story, or lack thereof. 'I only wish it were in my power to do something more to ease the continuing pain that I feel and that Mr. and Mrs. Kopechne feel for Mary Jo's loss.'. The hearing, the inquest -- it was all a farce. [10] They learned that Kennedy had been the driver from wire press releases some time later. I can't go back because it will never be the same again. In a speech given a week after the accident, he maintained that he was sober, and that there was no truth, no truth whatever to the widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct that have been leveled at my behavior and [Kopechnes] regarding that evening.. Gwens father, William, came to the US from Wales, along with his parents, in 1881, when he was a young boy. A private funeral for Kopechne was held at St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on July 22, 1969. But the FBI file quoted the young local mortician who prepared Mary Jos body for burial as telling an investigator her corpse betrayed none of the telltale signs of a drowning victim. On that night, she attended a party with other. [3] For that office, she worked as a secretary to the senator's speechwriter, and as a legal secretary to one of his legal advisers. He was a great man.'. SEX SCANDALS LOCKED IN POPE BENEDICT'S CLOSET. But Kennedy overcame this and some lesser personal scandals to have a very long career as a Senator, and to achieve a lengthy list of major legislative accomplishments. Instead of looking directly for a telephone number after lying exhausted in the grass for an undetermined time, walked back to the cottage where the party was being held and requested the help of two friends, my cousin Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, and directed them to return immediately to the scene with me, he said. According to the New York Times, Kennedy decided to leave the party at 11:15 p.m., at which time Kopechne asked if he could give her a ride. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Published: 13:50 GMT, 6 April 2018 | Updated: 17:34 GMT, 6 April 2018. John N. Farrar, the captain of the Edgartown Fire Departments Scuba Search and Rescue Division, said that he found Kopechne with her head cocked back, face pressed into the foot well, hand holding onto the front edge of the back seat., By holding herself in such a position, Farrar believes that she was attempting to get to the remaining air in the car. [She] produced some water flow, water and foam, mostly foam, he recalled. Kennedy said that he was able to swim free of the vehicle, but that Kopechne was not. Ted Kennedy didn't abandon Mary Jo Kopechne when his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island he didn't even know she was in the car, according to a retired CIA operative. 'The Kennedys had the upper hand, and it's been that way ever since.'. mary jo did not tell anyone that she was leaving the party at all, let alone who she was traveling with, and she left her purse and keys behind on the island. Young girls swarmed around Ted's car and people filmed nearby. At least one person at the party knew Mary Jo had gone into one of the cars and told authorities that after the accident. He also said that he got no encouragement from the district attorneys office to order one. Outside St. Vincent's Church, in Plymouth, the Kennedys were treated like rock stars. In January 1970, a secret inquest was held, the results of which were later released, and one key finding was that there was 'probable cause' that Kennedy had driven his car 'negligently and that such operation appears to have contributed' to Mary Jo's death. (Getty) But when none of them was able to rescue Kopechne, Kennedy still did not call the police, waiting until authorities had discovered the car and Kopechnes dead body until he came forward. Kopechne of Berkeley Heights,] N.J., the girl's parents, had planned to attend Monday's hearing here but did not because Mrs. Kopechne was ill. [29][28] The quality of the investigation has been scrutinized, particularly whether official deference was given to a powerful and influential politician and his family. #kennedy #tedkennedy #edwardkennedy #chappaquiddick #chappaquiddickstrait #thechappaquiddickincident #chappaquiddickincident #kopechne #marykopechne #maryjokopechne #marthasvineyard #massachusetts #boston #capecod #oldsmobile #oldsmobile88 #oldsmobiledelmont #oldsmobiledelmont88 #1960s #60s #1969, A post shared by @ ushistorytoday on Jul 26, 2018 at 5:34am PDT. His most recent book is The Kardashians: An American Drama. The car went off the side of the bridge., Kennedy denied any accusations that he was intoxicated at the time. Taiwan's military announced plans on Tuesday to include women in its reservist training for the first time, as the island tries to bolster its forces against threats from China. She ultimately suffered a miscarriage, which she blamed on the incident. Ted Kennedy died in 2009. A week after the accident, on July 25, 1969, Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and causing bodily injury. Chappaquiddick, the summer of 1969 scandal that rocked America and practically destroyed the Kennedy family, is back in the headlines again with a much-hyped movie about the case opening in theaters on Friday. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Prince and Princess of Wales pay tribute to Auschwitz survivor Zigi Shipper, who dedicated his life to Keep calm and carry on! The family has deep roots in the Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Mary Jos roots in Wyoming County can be traced back 250 years. she and Kennedy were acquaintances but not. I felt I was definitely a friend, but not necessarily with her.'. [16], Kopechne was devastated emotionally by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968. 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'When Bobby saw the cops,' Kiker said, 'he took off into the underbrush, leaving this tall blonde in a bikini standing there. Kennedy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident and was given a suspended sentence. Pictured above, divers retrieve Kennedy's car after the crash, 'I attempted to open the door and the window of the car but have no recollection of how I got out of the car.' Kennedy, obviously saddened by his personal loss, visited his wife at the hospital Friday. Copyright The Exasperated Historian All rights reserved. However, a coroner did conduct a post-mortem and discovered the pregnancy, another insider claimed to The ENQUIRER. They had worked in Ted's brother Bobby's ill-fated presidential campaign (pictured above), compiling data on how Democratic delegates intended to vote, Bobby hadtaken a more than casual liking to Mary Jo, who somewhat resembled Bobby's wife Ethel, mother of their eleven children. In the car with him was Mary Jo Kopechne, a friend (and rumored lover) of Kennedy whom drowned in the car. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Ted Kennedys Darkest Secret Mary Jo Kopechne Was Pregnant, secret and long-buried FBI files revealed Ted left Mary Jo to suffocate. The Kopechnes said their contact with the senator has been infrequent in recent years. A week later, Kennedy went on national television to ask the people of Massachusetts for their forgiveness. Gwen has told reporters that the three of them were always very close; she said that she and her husband never needed to be strict with Mary Jo, whom she described as a hard working, but fun and cheerful girl who loved to spend time with them. ', 'If I hadn't been in shock when he called,' Mrs. Kopechne said, 'I would have said to him, 'Did you go up to my daughter's grave?''. This was some time after midnight in order to undertake a new effort to dive.. 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