EF 612C - HORIZONS USA: KENNEDY

(31 Mar 1994) STORY HORIZONS USA: KENNEDY Bobby Kennedy Junior is a reformed heroin addict who has become a vociferous campaigner for the environment, and uses his skills as a lawyer to bring polluters to court. Born in 1954, he was the third of the eleven children of Robert Kennedy, the former Attorney General of the United States who was assassinated in 1968. His uncle, President John F Kennedy, was also assassinated in 1963. After a history of drug abuse, and watching his younger bother David die of an overdose in 1983, he beat his addiction and turned to the environment in the late 1980s. He is now a senior lawyer with the National Resources Defence Council and helps run an environmental law clinic at Pace University. t/c 11:33-16:28 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...