Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 26, 1940 |
| Died | July 18 or 19, 1969 (aged 28) Poucha Pond, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suffocation[1] |
| Burial place | Larksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Caldwell College |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, secretary, political campaign worker |
| Known for | Victim of Chappaquiddick incident |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Parent(s) | Joseph and Gwen Kopechne |
Mary Jo Kopechne (/koʊˈpɛkni/; July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
She died in a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, while she was the passenger in a car that was being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.[2]
References
- ↑ Legal ruling, but there was no autopsy. Fire rescue diver John Farrar testified he believed Kopechne died of suffocation, Inquest into the Death of Mary Jo Kopechne, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Edgartown District Court. New York: EVR Productions, 1970
- ↑ King, Larry (August 27, 2009). "Pa. woman at center of Kennedy's Chappaquiddick scandal". The Philadelphia Inquirer.