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Mary Jo Kopechne

Teacher, secretary, and campaign specialist

  • Fame52.2
  • Momentum2.0
  • Wikipedia20.9K
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Lived 1940–1969, aged 29United States
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  • Era
    1940–1969
    Aged 29
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Updated 2026-08-13

Mary Jo Kopechne was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls". In 1969, she asphyxiated when a car driven by Robert's brother, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, left a narrow road on Chappaquiddick Island and overturned into Poucha Pond after they had left a party. According to reports, Kennedy left the party at 11:15 p.m. Kopechne's body and the car were not reported missing until the next morning, approximately nine to ten hours later.

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