Kenneth O'Donnell

Kenneth Patrick O'Donnell (March 4, 1924 – September 9, 1977) was an American political consultant. He was the special assistant and appointments secretary to President John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. O'Donnell was a close friend of President Kennedy and his younger brother Robert F. Kennedy.

O'Donnell also was an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1965. He later was an adviser to Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign.

He died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to alcoholism in September 1977, aged 53.

References

Category:1924 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:American political commentators
Category:People from Worcester, Massachusetts
Category:White House Chiefs of Staff
Category:Deaths from gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Category:Politicians from Boston
Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians