Rose Kennedy was born on this day 120 years ago.
Here’s a woman who survived losing her firstborn son in WWII, a daughter in a plane crash, two sons to assassination, the death of a grandson to a drug overdose, and the institutionalization of a daughter due to a botched lobotomy — and outlived her husband by over 25 years — and managed to live to be 104 years old.
That’s one of the last photos taken of Rose, in 1991. She had suffered a stroke in 1984 at age 94.
Fun Fact: The popular Cape Cod cocktail (vodka, soda and cranberry juice) was originally referred to as a Rose Kennedy.
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