Authorities in suburban New York have concluded that Mary Kennedy hanged herself. That’s according to a person familiar with the investigation into her death.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mary Richardson Kennedy
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The county medical examiner said today that the cause of death was asphyxiation due to hanging.

She was the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., and was found dead yesterday at her home.

She was 52, and had struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years.

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