Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, Dies at Kennedy Compound

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Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, Dies at Kennedy Compound

Kennedy Compound PHOTO: Cecil Stoughton

The Kennedy Family released the following statement late Thursday night acknowledging the death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22. She was the granddaughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.

She was rushed to Cape Code Hospital in Hyannis, where she was pronounced dead on Thursday.

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"Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise and love. She cared deeply about friends and family, especially her mother Courtney, her father Paul, her stepmother Stephanie, and her grandmother Ethel, who said, The world is a little less beautiful today. She lit up our lives with her love, her peals of laughter and her generous spirit. Saoirse was passionately moved by the causes of human rights and women's empowerment and found great joy in volunteer work, working alongside indigenous communities to build schools in Mexico. We will love her and miss her forever."

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