Christopher Lawford Dead: JFK's Nephew Dies at 63

Christopher Lawford, JFK's nephew and son of Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford, died at the age of 63. No cause of death has been made public. His cousin, Robert Kennedy's daughter, Kerry Kennedy, announced his death. on Twitter. Kerry said, "We mourn the loss of my cousin Christopher Lawford, Rest in Peace." Lawford leaves behind his three children.

Lawford was an actor, author, and political activist. He worked with his uncle, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, and also wrote the New Times bestseller, Withdrawal symptoms. This is in addition to appearing in Terminator III, Frasier and All my children.

Lawford's mother was JFK's sister, Patricia Kennedy, and her father was Rat Pack actor Peter Lawford. The couple was married in 1954 and had four children together. Christopher was the eldest, his other brothers and sisters were three sisters, Sydney, Victoria and Robin. In 1961, Peter Lawford and his director, Milt Ebbins, named their production company after Christopher, Chrislaw Productions.

In an article published in 1991 by People magazine, Lawford talked about his fight against addiction in the 1970s. While a student at Fordham University, Lawford had to give up because of his addiction to heroin . In August 2018, Lawford was the keynote speaker at a drug abuse conference in Malibu, California. The article on his appearance reads as follows: "Mr. Lawford will discuss his many recovery efforts and ultimate sobriety and provide advice on how to help addicted loved ones. "

On his official website, Lawford says he works with the United Nations, the Canadian Center on Substance Abuse, the White House Office on Drug Control Policies and the World Health Organization.

People later reported in 2014 that Lawford had married yoga teacher Mercedes Miller in Hawaii. The wedding theme of the couple was "flower food". Lawford then told the magazine, "God must love me a lot because I was able to find this incredible woman on a rock in the Pacific.

According to her Facebook page, Lawford was in a relationship with a woman named Kyla Resch since August 2017. Lawford introduces herself as Paia in Hawaii.

Lawford also says on this page that he is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, Boston College and Tufts University. The last post on Lawford's page arrived two days before his death:

The three children of Lawford come from their first marriage with Jeannie Olsson.