Mary Jo Kopechne

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human political staffer

Mary Jo Kopechne was a young political campaign worker and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy whose death in 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island became the center of a major political scandal involving Senator Ted Kennedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
political staffer ⓘ
ageAtDeath 28 ⓘ
burialPlace Larksville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath drowning ⓘ
connectedTo Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form: Ted Kennedy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-07-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1969-07-18 ⓘ
educatedAt College of New Rochelle ⓘ
employer Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish Americans ⓘ
familyName Kopechne ⓘ
fieldOfWork politics ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
hasCause automobile accident ⓘ
hasFather Joseph Kopechne ⓘ
hasMother Gwen Kopechne ⓘ
hasOccupation teacher ⓘ
knownFor being a passenger in Ted Kennedy’s car during the Chappaquiddick crash ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accidental drowning ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Jo ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent car plunged off Dike Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island ⓘ
notableFor being a campaign worker for Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
death in the Chappaquiddick incident ⓘ
occupation political campaign worker ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
participantIn Chappaquiddick incident ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chappaquiddick Island ⓘ
surface form: Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workedIn Alabama ⓘ
workedOn Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
surface form: 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

feature film "Chappaquiddick" → character → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
subject surface form: Chappaquiddick
Dike Bridge → hasNotablePersonInvolved → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
Chappaquiddick incident → involvedPerson → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
feature film "Chappaquiddick" → mainSubject → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
subject surface form: Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick incident → passenger → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
Chappaquiddick incident → victim → Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ