Mary was found dead on the family’s property in New York on May 16, 2012. She was 52.
The family issued a statement following Mary’s death, which read, “We deeply regret the death of our beloved sister Mary, whose radiant and creative spirit will be sorely missed by those who loved her.”
A medical examiner ruled she died of asphyxiation due to hanging, while the manner of death was suicide.
“She was deeply troubled, abusing alcohol and prescription meds. She had cause. She was used up and tossed away by Bobby. That was awful,” an insider told The New York Post at the time.
The divorce between Mary and RFK Jr. was never finalized.
An email released by the Department of Justice, which showed Jeffrey Epstein offering a shocking reaction to Mary’s suicide.
“Mary Kennedy found dead in her backyard….” a person named Eva Dubin wrote on May 16, 2012, to which Epstein replied, “whoops.”
Meanwhile, the new book RFK, Jr.: The Fall and Rise by investigative reporter Isabel Vincent revealed new details surrounding Mary’s 2012 death.
“It was Kennedy, accompanied by Mary’s friend Shannon White, who found her body in the barn after the housekeeper alerted him that Mary was missing. It was Kennedy who made the 911 call,” Vincent wrote. “Mary’s remains were taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office. The report noted her fingers were caught between the neck and the noose when she was found dead.”
“Maybe she really didn’t want to die,” Mary’s doctor reportedly reacted after learning the detail, per the reporter.
White told police that RFK Jr. called her that morning as he was concerned Mary “may have hurt herself.”