In this Feb. 3, 2009 file photo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and wife Mary Richardson Kennedy arrive at the premiere of “The Pink Panther 2” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. An attorney on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 said Mary Kennedy has been found dead on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s property in Bedford, N.Y. She was 52. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)JIM FITZGERALD
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) – Mary Richardson Kennedy’s life had both highlights and troubled moments, and they played out publicly because of the famous political family she married into in 1994.
She was an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and was the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.
The 52-year-old mother of four was found dead Wednesday, adding to the list of Kennedy family tragedies.
Her body was discovered at family property in suburban New York City. An autopsy for was scheduled for Thursday, and no cause of death had been released.