Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted, dead at age 51

[WI_DEM]

very sad--probable heart attack. Appears she has been in remission from lung cancer for several years. Has two teenage kids.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44560546/ns/politics-more_politics/

[patrice]

1. My condolences to her loved ones.

[Auntie Bush]

2. How sad...another Kennedy death in the prime of life and two teenagers without a Mother.

[Frustratedlady]

3. To beat the lung cancer would have been a major struggle. Now, this.

That family has had so many tragic deaths. It is easier for those who die suddenly, but what a sad time for those left behind.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Eleanor Mondale, Daughter of Former Vice President, Dies at 51

Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of former Vice President Walter F. Mondale who carved out a reputation as an entertainment reporter, radio show host and gossip magnet, has died at her home in Minnesota. She was 51.


Ms. Mondale had been off the air at WCCO-AM in Minneapolis since March 19, 2009, when she announced that her brain cancer had returned a second time. She had surgery to remove the tumor on Aug. 12, 2009, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and a posting on her CaringBridge Web site called the surgery a success.

Ms. Mondale, the middle of three children born to Walter and Joan Mondale, campaigned for her father in his failed race to unseat President Ronald Reagan in 1984. She also made calls in 2002 in her father’s last campaign, when Mr. Mondale took the ballot slot of Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat who died in a plane crash just days before the election.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/us/eleanor-mondale-daughter-of-former-vice-president-dead-at-51.html

[polmaven]

5. RIP Kara.

May you walk with your father and also with Eleanor Mondale to your final rest.

[Phx_Dem]

6. RIP Kara. Give your father a big hug from all of us!

:grouphug:

[diane in sf]

7. Sadly probably an effect of the cancer treatment.

[Empowerer]

8. Oh, no! This is so sad

Rest in peace, Kara.

I'm sure she will because, as Patrick Kennedy said, "She's with Dad."

[littlewolf]

9. so sad ... is there something in the Kennedy genes

that is predisposed to cancer? so sad ....

[DesertRat]

10. R.I.P. Kara