# The Kennedy Curse -- UL?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 1999, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-curse-ul/2131 "1999-07-19T16:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 1999, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-curse-ul/2131/21 "1999-07-21T06:38:00Z")

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My apologies Jess. It was late, I was tired, and when I was driving home the only station I could pick up was some AM bible-thumper, who actually said that every bad thing that has happened to the Kennedys was due to God’s wrath for all of Joe’s sins. I took it out on everyone here 'cuz I don’t have a cell phone.

A woman I work with was complaining all day Monday about how tired she was of all of the coverage – I tend to agree, but two years ago this same woman, upon hearing of Di’s death, actually said, “That poor, poor princess.” She then spent $40 having flowers sent to the palace…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-curse-ul/2131/22 "1999-07-24T02:02:00Z")

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Incidentally, just found out about this web page by a mathematician looking at the claimed “Kennedy curse” :

[http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/WhosCounting/paulos990720.html](http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/WhosCounting/paulos990720.html)

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