Robert F. Kennedy’s Granddaughter, Saoirse Hill, Dies at 22

Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill places a white rose at the Eternal Flame, President John F. Kennedy's gravesite, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on June 6, 2000. Hillery Smith Garrison/AP Photo

Robert F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, has died at the age of 22 at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the family said late Aug. 1.

Hill was the daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s fifth child, Courtney, and Paul Michael Hill.