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Mary Jo Kopechne ( / koʊˈpɛkni /; July 26, 1940 – July 18 or 19, 1969) was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls".
The crash resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, who was trapped inside the vehicle. [ 7][ 8][ 9][ 10] Kennedy left a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard, at 11:15 p.m. Friday July 18.
Apr 6, 2018 · Though newspaper headlines at the time identified her simply as a “blonde,” she was 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, a respected political operative who had worked on the presidential campaign...
Apr 2, 2018 · In 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy careened a car off a bridge, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, but the story of the night’s events remain muddled today.
Jul 31, 2021 · Mary Jo Kopechne's death at Chappaquiddick remains murky more than 50 years after she drowned after a car crash with Senator Ted Kennedy. In the pitch black of a Massachusetts night, an Oldsmobile took a wrong turn on Chappaquiddick Island.
Jul 16, 2019 · His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. Kennedy, 37, survived, but his presidential ambitions did not. The Massachusetts Democrat waited 10 hours to report the accident to police,...
Jul 14, 2021 · Fifty-two years after Ted Kennedy's car plunged off the Dike Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, her family says they are grateful that she is...
Jul 14, 2021 · On July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne was killed as she and then-Senator Ted Kennedy went over the Dike Bridge on Massachusetts's Chappaquiddick Island in Kennedy's car. Kennedy...
Jul 18, 2024 · The next morning, the body of Mary Jo Kopechne — a young woman who had worked for Ted's late brother, Robert F. Kennedy — was found inside the mostly-submerged car.
The Chappaquiddick incident occurred July 18–19, 1969, at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, U.S., in which Mary Jo Kopechne died in a car driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.
