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Obituaries

Rosemary Kennedy, R.I.P.

Jesse Walker | 1.10.2005 3:02 PM

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Sheldon Richman remembers the late Rosemary Kennedy, a mildly retarded woman who was lobotomized for fear that she might hurt her brother's political career.

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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