PETER LAWFORD - PATRICIA KENNEDY LAWFORD DIES

PATRICIA KENNEDY LAWFORD, the former wife of Rat Pack playboy PETER LAWFORD, died at her home in New York yesterday (17SEP06). She was 82. The sister of assassinated US President JOHN F KENNEDY died from complications from pneumonia. Kennedy Lawford was a Hollywood it girl in the 1940s and 1950s and wed British actor Lawford in 1954. In a statement, her brother, Massachusetts Democratic Senator EDWARD KENNEDY, writes, "My sister Pat is irreplaceable. Everyone who knew Pat adored her. She was admired for her great style, for her love and support of the arts, her wit and generosity."