The Kennedy tragedies, colloquially known as the Kennedy Curse, is a term sometimes used to describe a series of events involving members of the Kennedy family. The notion of a curse is superstitious and was created and is fostered by the news media. The curse is applied to the family's nine children, 31 grandchildren, and 56 great-grandchildren and their spouses.
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“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 29:18.
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