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| Kerry's Grandfather committed suicide in 1921 over debts |
| 2004-11-01 |
| Kohn and his wife, Ida Lowe, who was born Jewish in Budapest, changed their name to Kerry, were baptized as Catholics in 1902, and immigrated to the United States in 1905. For several years the Kerrys prospered, with Frederick working as a business consultant in Chicago and then moving the family to Massachusetts. In 1915, Richard, the father of future Senator Kerry, was born. By 1921, the Kerrys were wealthy enough to park a Cadillac outside their home at 10 Downing Road in Brookline. At the time, Frederick Kerry was described in the Globe as ``a prominent man in the shoe business.'' But on Nov. 23rd, 1921, Frederick Kerry walked into the washroom of Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel, pulled out a handgun, and shot himself in the head. Just days earlier he had filed a will revealing that his debts nearly equaled his assets. Six-year-old Richard Kerry was left without a father, though enough family money was available to send Richard to Yale University and Harvard Law School. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #13 hmmmm I'm not surprized...entranced for hours, are ya? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-01 10:59:45 PM |
| #12 I love those thingies. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-11-01 10:53:55 PM |
| #11 who gives a shit. Let the dead rest. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-11-01 8:33:10 PM |
| #10 Angie - I'm with you 100%, both counts. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-01 7:54:21 PM |
| #9 Barbara's right. This is completely beyond the pale. One whack with a rolled up copy of the Guardian for you, Mark. (And a second for that animated gif. Geez, I hate those things.) |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-01 7:44:15 PM |
| #8 Is this a genetic skipping recessive gene thing? I hope? |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-11-01 7:35:34 PM |
| #7 Re #3: you certainly hit the nail on the head! Excellent comment! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-11-01 6:58:45 PM |
| #6 Indeed. A little decency all around. |
| Posted by: The Commodore 2004-11-01 6:13:16 PM |
| #5 Leave his grandfather out of this. The poor man's dead; don't use the dead to bash the living. Especially when the living do so much themselves that we can bash them with. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-01 5:13:44 PM |
| #4 Who the hell cares? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-01 4:58:45 PM |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-01 4:41:18 PM |
| #2 Notice that we've never made that mistake again...at least I haven't. |
| Posted by: John Fn Kerry 2004-11-01 4:22:07 PM |
| #1 Frederick Kerry's suicide note mentioned his utter regret he failed to marry a financially well off woman. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-11-01 4:19:24 PM |