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Funeral arrangements set for RFK granddaughter

Funeral arrangements set for RFK granddaughter | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 file photo a flag flies at half-staff at the Kennedy compound, in Hyannis Port, Mass. Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Ethel Kennedy and her late husband Robert F. Kennedy, died at the compound Thursday, Aug. 1. She was 22. Funeral arrangements have been announced for Hill. According to a statement issued Sunday by Brian Wright O'Connor, a spokesman for one of Hill's uncles, a funeral will be held Monday, Aug. 5, at Our Lady of Victory Church in the village of Centerville, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

BOSTON – Funeral arrangements have been announced for Saoirse (SIR’-shuh) Kennedy Hill, the 22-year-old granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy.

Hill died Thursday after police responded to a call about a possible drug overdose at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

According to a statement issued Sunday by Brian Wright O’Connor, a spokesman for one of Hill’s uncles, a funeral will be held Monday at Our Lady of Victory Church in the village of Centerville. A private burial service will follow.

The Cape & Islands district attorney’s office said Hill died after being taken to Cape Cod Hospital. An autopsy revealed no signs of trauma and investigators are awaiting toxicology reports.

A Boston College student, Hill was the daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s fifth child, Courtney, and Paul Michael Hill.

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