Ethel Kennedy, the Kennedy matriarch, hospitalized after suffering a stroke in her sleep

Ethel Kennedythe senator’s widow Robert F. Kennedyshot in 1968, is hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week, his family said Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, on Thursday morning, she suffered a stroke while she was sleeping. She was transported to an area hospital, where she is currently being treated,” her grandson said in a statement. Joe Kennedy IIIformer Democratic congressman from Massachusetts.

Kennedy, 96, is receiving the best possible care. She is comfortable and surrounded by her family, adds the press release published on the X platform.

The family stressed that she was “a strong woman who led an extraordinarily full life. We are here to care for her… Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.”

Kennedy spent the summer having fun with her large familysaid his grandson, who requested privacy at the time, according to reports Efe.

Considered the matriarch of one of the most prominent families in the United States, Kennedy had 11 childrenincluding the former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.who suspended his campaign last August to join former president (2017-2021) and Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

Kennedy is known for her defense of human rights at the center she founded a few months after her husband’s death.

In 2012, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on a civilian, from then-President Donald Trump. Barack Obamawho highlighted his work for several reasons.