Mary Richardson Kennedy | |
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 Richardson Kennedy in 2008 | |
| Born | Mary Kathleen Richardson October 4, 1959 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 2012 (aged 52) Bedford, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University Rhode Island School of Design |
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| Children | 4 |
| Family | Kennedy (by marriage) |
Mary Kathleen Richardson Kennedy (née Richardson; October 4, 1959 – May 16, 2012) was an American interior designer and philanthropist. She was a proponent of green building and was a co-founder of the Food Allergy Initiative, the largest fund for food allergy research in the United States. Her 2010 legal separation from her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was highly publicized. Her suicide in 2012 also received national media attention.