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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy with Robert Kennedy’s widow Ethel Kennedy



Sen. Edward M. Kennedy with Robert Kennedy’s widow Ethel Kennedy

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy chats with Robert Kennedy’s widow Ethel after taping session at Kennedy compound on August 29, 1968 as he made an introduction to a memorial film on his late brother, shown at the Democratic Convention in Chicago on August 29 night. (UPI Photo/Pool/Files)

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