Patrick Bouvier Kennedy: A Brief Life That Changed the History of Newborn Care

The infant son of John and Jacqueline Kennedy died on August 9, 1963, after three days of life from a common lung ailment. Throughout those tense and desperate days, the front pages of newspapers around the world conveyed what they knew about Patrick Bouvier Kennedy's fleeting existence, and of his parents' trauma and despair, and their consummate grace and courage.



And yet, half a century after the event, key elements of Patrick's saga have remained shrouded in mystery because the gifted d...