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The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States, sometime around midnight between July 18 and 19, 1969, when United States Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge, causing it to overturn in Poucha Pond.
- Negligent operation by Ted Kennedy
- Mary Jo Kopechne, aged 28
- July 18–19, 1969
- Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts
Sep 2, 2009 · By ADAM REILLY | September 2, 2009. Last week, during an appearance on the Washington, DC–based Diane Rehm Show on NPR, Ted Kennedy biographer Edward Klein suggested that if Kennedy could witness his own funeral he'd probably crack a joke. " [O]ne of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself," Klein added.
Aug 27, 2009 · Video: Chappaquiddick was one of Kennedy’s favorite topics of humor - Washington Examiner. By Charlie Spiering. August 27, 2009 4:00 am. . T here is a lot of ruckus being raised in the...
Apr 11, 2018 · The scandal. On July 18, 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile careened off a 10.5-foot-wide bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Edgartown, Massachusetts, resulting in the death of...
Apr 6, 2018 · Late on the night of July 18, 1969, a black Oldsmobile driven by U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy plunged off the Dike Bridge on the tiny island of Chappaquiddick, off Martha’s Vineyard, landing...
- Sarah Pruitt
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
Apr 4, 2018 · A film about the Chappaquiddick incident and Ted Kennedy's role in it debuts April 6, 2018. Here's what really happened, and what you need to know about Mary Jo Kopechne.
