The Kennedy family has announced funeral arrangements for their beloved granddaughter and daughterSaoirse Kennedy Hill.
PEOPLE confirms a funeral will be held on Monday at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, which is less than five miles away from the Kennedys’ Massachusetts compound, where Saoirse died Thursday after a suspected overdose.
Brian Wright O’Connor, a spokesman for one of Hill’s uncles, issued a statement also revealing that the family will host a private burial service after, according toThe Boston Globe.
The church became a Kennedy family staple after they stopped regularly attending former President John F. Kennedy’s favorite, St. Francis Xavier Church, according toSouth Coast Today.
Saoirse Kennedy Hill.Facebook
The famous political family confirmed the tragic news of Saoirse’s death in a statement to PEOPLE, just hours after paramedics rushed to their Hyannis Port property.
Ethel Kennedy, 91, also said of her granddaughter’s unexpected passing, “The world is a little less beautiful today.”
Saoirse was the only daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill, 62, and Paul Hill, 65.
On Friday, the local prosecutor’s officeconfirmed that police responded to the scene, in Hyannis Port, one day earlier at about 3 p.m.
Saoirse Kennedy.Kerry Kennedy/Instagram
The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office did not specify the nature of the police call in their statement on Friday, beyond saying that Saoirse was found unresponsive at the scene and pronounced dead at a local hospital.
“An autopsy performed today has revealed no trauma inconsistent with lifesaving measures,” prosecutors said. “The cause and manner of death are pending the toxicology report.”
Both local and state police are currently investigating, according to the D.A.’s office statement on Friday.
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source: people.com
