Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of former United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, breathed her last on Thursday afternoon (local time) after suffering an apparent drug overdose at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, according to two people close to the family.Saoirse, 22, was at the Kennedy compound in Cape Cod, where her grandmother-- the late presidential candidate and the environmental and human rights activist-- Ethel Kennedy, resides, the family friends told The New York Times. She later was taken to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where she was pronounced dead."Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse," the Kennedy family said in a statement."Her life was filled with hope, promise and love," the statement read.The statement quoted Ethel Kennedy, 91, Robert F. Kennedy's widow, as saying, "The world is a little less beautiful today."The authorities issued a statement confirming a death at the property but did not disclose the ...
