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...reputation for womanizing, Kennedy married lawyer Victoria Reggie in 1992. She would remain at the senator’s side during his later political endeavors and recent illness.Kennedy’s most notable scandal came in 1969 when he drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Martha??s Vineyard, an incident which resulted in the drowning death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. After swimming to safety, Kennedy did not call police until after Kopechne’s body was found the following day. The senator pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident...
...Five years into his Senate career, Kennedy had another, greater brush with disaster. At just 37 years old, but on the cusp of a potential Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy visited Martha??s Vineyard in July, 1969. He attended a party thrown for Robert Kennedy’s former staffers. The guests had been drinking moderately, but Ted Kennedy, hoping to catch the last ferry home, left the party with Mary Jo Kopechne, a young aide to Robert Kennedy...
...intellectual stage, even when they sparked controversy. But friends and family said they will remember the bespectacled political scientist for his gentle, reserved nature and commitment to academia. The preeminent scholar of national security and civil-military relations died of congestive heart failure and complications related to diabetes on Martha??s Vineyard in December. He was 81. Huntington, who taught at Harvard for 58 years before retiring in 2007, was a gentle, yet quietly serious, presence in the government department, where he left behind a legacy of academic integrity and devotion to undergraduate education, colleagues said...
...Haynes “just about played with every major innovative artist since 1945, and he keeps the tradition alive,” according to Everett. Before his first New York gig with Luis Russell in 1945, Haynes was already making a name for himself as a teenager at Martha??s Vineyard playing with the likes of guitarist Tom Brown, bandleader Sabby Lewis, and saxophonist Pete Brown. Once joining Russell in New York at the renowned Savoy Ballroom, Haynes’ opportunities multiplied, allowing him to collaborate with everyone from Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane...
...preeminent scholar of national security, democratization, civil-military relations, and strategy—whose expertise touched legions of students and policymakers—died of congestive heart failure and complications related to diabetes at the age of 81 last week on Martha??s Vineyard, according to wife Nancy A. Huntington...