Mary Jo Kopechne

teacher, secretary, and campaign specialist

Mary Jo Kopechne (/kˈpɛkni/; July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist. She died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, while she was a passenger in a car being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.[1] She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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  1. King, Larry (August 27, 2009). "Pa. woman at center of Kennedy's Chappaquiddick scandal". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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