Another tragedy for the Kennedy clan -
Robert F Kennedy Jr's estranged wife has been found dead at her home in New York state.
No cause of death had been released, but US media reported the 52-year-old had been discovered hanged.
In a statement, the family of the 52-year-old said her "radiant and creative spirit" would be sorely missed.
Mr Kennedy, a lawyer and radio host, is the nephew of President John F Kennedy and son of Senator Robert F Kennedy, both assassinated in the 1960s.
His marriage to the former Mary Richardson in 1994, in a ceremony aboard a boat on the Hudson river, was his second.
The couple had four children over the 16 years of their marriage before he filed for divorce in 2010.
Kennedy untimely ends
1963: President John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
1968: His brother, Robert Kennedy, shot dead in Los Angeles while campaigning for Democratic presidential nomination
1984: Robert Kennedy's son David dies of drug overdose
1997: Robert Kennedy's son Michael killed in skiing accident
1999: JFK Jr died along with wife and sister-in-law when light aircraft he was piloting plunged into the Atlantic
Mary Kennedy, an architect, had brushes with the law over drug and alcohol abuse, and was arrested twice for driving under the influence at about the time they separated.
