Check out our Cantina interview with Kathleen Kennedy - President of Lucasfilm and Executive Producer of The Force Awakens - at Celebration Anaheim! | Star Wars

On June 19, 1963, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy would have turned 43—but her life ended fifteen years earlier in a tragic plane crash in France. Born February 20, 1920, she was JFK’s fearless sister, famous for choosing love over legacy. In wartime London, where she worked for the Red Cross, Kick married British aristocrat William “Billy” Cavendish on May 6, 1944, defying her Catholic family and igniting scandal on both sides of the Atlantic. Four months later, Billy was killed in action, leaving her

Like several other Kennedys, Kick's promising life was cut short by tragedy. Her plane crashed #onthisday in 1948. Learn about Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy on Million Dollar American Princesses: https://bitly.com/2zNNYFv | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation