Kyle Kennedy, RFK's granddaughter who became a disability advocate after being paralysed, has died aged 42

Kyle Kennedy died at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts, on September 21; the town clerk has confirmed her cause of death remains pending. A spinal cord injury she sustained in 2020 left her permanently paralysed. She went on to testify at the Massachusetts State House about discrimination against disabled people in health care. Her father, Michael Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident in 1997 when she was 13.

Her daughter Josie, twin of Conor, survived only a few days after her birth in 2014.

She leaves sons Conor, 12, and Declan, 10.

She was the niece of HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and granddaughter of NFL legend Frank Gifford.