It's no secret that the Kennedy family hasn't had an easy ride. John F. Kennedy was famously assassinated in 1963, leaving his children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr., to grow up without a father. As if that one tragedy wasn't enough, more untimely deaths have occurred over the years. Throughout it all, Maria Shriver has been there for her cousins on the darkest of days. When JFK's son, John Jr., died in a plane crash alongside his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, in 1999, Shriver, along with her husband, was present at the memorial service at the Church of St. Thomas More in New York.
In 2019, the daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill, Saoirse, died of an overdose at the young age of 22. As you might expect, Shriver was pictured at the burial holding on to her cousin's arm alongside Sydney McKelvy. The journalist also wrote a touching piece about the devastating loss in her digital newsletter, The Sunday Paper (via People), detailing how Saoirse's death "was sudden and heartbreaking, and it stopped everyone and everything in its tracks." She continued, "As I sat with my thoughts, I found myself furious at God for taking my cousin Courtney's only child away."
Not only was Shriver's empathy for her family evident but also her dedication to be there for them, just as she had been before and will likely continue to be in the future.
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