{"id":28411,"date":"2019-08-06T19:28:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1062868"},"modified":"2019-08-06T19:28:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:28:56","slug":"katherine-schwarzenegger-reflects-on-kennedy-familys-tough-times-after-cousin-saoirses-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/katherine-schwarzenegger-reflects-on-kennedy-familys-tough-times-after-cousin-saoirses-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Reflects on Kennedy Family&#8217;s &#8220;Tough Times&#8221; After Cousin Saoirse&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201976\/rs_1024x759-190806180945-1024-split-katherine-Saoirse-Kennedy-me-8619.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, Instagram\" alt=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, Instagram\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Albert L. Ortega\/Getty Images; Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.634050880626\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"28.962818003914\">\n<p>In times of tragedy, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/katherine_schwarzenegger\">Katherine Schwarzenegger<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;understands the importance of holding her loved ones close.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1062212\/saoirse-kennedy-hill-laid-to-rest-in-private-family-burial-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Kennedy family laid<\/a> 22-year-old&nbsp;<strong>Saoirse Kennedy Hill<\/strong> to rest in their native Massachusetts, Katherine is reflecting on the time they spent together in a heartfelt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B014EJTAlxF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram post<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After wiping away the tears, after the beautiful sunsets, there is always a new day,&#8221; the 29-year-old daughter of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/maria_shriver\">Maria Shriver<\/a><\/strong>, who is a niece of&nbsp;<strong>John F. Kennedy<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Robert F. Kennedy&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Ted Kennedy<\/strong>, wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s not the big events or pretty things that hold you up at the end of the day, it&#8217;s family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maria and Saoirse were cousins, making Katherine a second cousin. Saoirse, who passed away on Aug. 1&nbsp;from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1061705\/robert-f-kennedy-s-granddaughter-saoirse-dead-at-22-from-apparent-overdose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspected drug overdose<\/a>, was a granddaughter of RFK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Katherine&#8217;s post continued, &#8220;I feel so incredibly blessed to be part of such a loving, supportive and strong family that shows up in good times and in tough times. I love each and every one of them and am so grateful to have them in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.014308426073\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.777424483307\">\n<p>Several of Saoirse&#8217;s famous relatives offered eulogies during the private service, and uncle&nbsp;<strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> reportedly shed light on his beloved niece&#8217;s final hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple outlets, Saoirse had recently finished an essay for her upcoming semester at Boston College before enjoying dinner with her grandmother, 91-year-old&nbsp;<strong>Ethel Kennedy<\/strong>, and watching the Democratic presidential debates. She then enjoyed a night out with friends, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/saoirse-kennedy-hill-final-hours-before-overdose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> visiting a local bar before returning to the historic Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. She then went swimming in the ocean and watched the sun rise.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16\">\n<p>E! News previously confirmed that emergency&nbsp;personnel rushed to Ethel&#8217;s home at approximately 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1 following reported of an unresponsive female. Saoirse was rushed to a nearby Cape Code hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy family confirmed the news of her death in a statement, which read, &#8220;Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise and love&#8230; 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&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>An official cause of death for Saoirse is not yet known.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1062868\/katherine-schwarzenegger-reflects-on-kennedy-family-s-tough-times-after-cousin-saoirse-s-death?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert L. Ortega\/Getty Images; Instagram In times of tragedy, Katherine Schwarzenegger&nbsp;understands the importance of holding her loved ones close.&nbsp; One day after the Kennedy family laid 22-year-old&nbsp;Saoirse Kennedy Hill to rest in their native Massachusetts, Katherine is reflecting on the time they spent together in a heartfelt Instagram post.&nbsp; &#8220;After wiping away the tears, after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-19 08:23:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}