Bobby

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Herbert E. Nass, partner, Herbert E. Nass & Associates, New York

By: By Herbert E. Nass, partner, Herbert E. Nass & Associates, New York

The star-studded movie Bobby has put the untimely death of Robert F. Kennedy back in the news of late. But really, the Kennedys, even those long-deceased, are always interesting — as are their wills. And Bobby Kennedy's will is particularly interesting because it is ironic.

Dated 1953, Bobby's last will and testament named his brother, John F. Kennedy, as a co-executor, co-trustee and successor guardian of Bobby's and his wife Ethel's numerous minor children. The other named co-executors were both Ethel and Bobby's younger brother, Edward “Teddy” Kennedy.

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