Mary richardson kennedy funeral

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The family of Mary Richardson Kennedy boycotted her funeral Saturday in a bitter rebuke of her husband, leaving her in-laws, children and famous friends to share a teary farewell.

The no-show at the jam-packed service only heightened the already-festering feud between the kin of Camelot’s latest casualty and her estranged husband, Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.

A flood of A-list family and friends filled the intimate St. Patrick’s Church in Mount Kisco for a service that proved extraordinary — even for a family steeped in public mourning.

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Hotelier Andre Balazs, with a gentle reference to Mary’s stunning suicide, reduced many in the overflow crowd to tears for the 52-year-old mother of four.

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“I don’t think it was the darkness that Mary succumbed to,” Balazs said in a heartfelt eulogy.

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