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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Twenty years later, my grandfather, if you mentioned his…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

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And it was, and it was a fully loaded bomb and the, and the, the follow plane turned on the remote control and the minute they did that, the plane exploded in favor. Oh, fuck. My uncle's body was never found. Twenty years later, my grandfather, if you mentioned his name, Joe's name, he was the oldest brother and he was kind of the golden child. My grandfather would break into tears. He never got over it. And his eldest daughter died two years later in another air crash. Yeah, I mean, the House of Atreus bad luck that your family has had is just, I mean, astounding. (17:44–17:55)

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