caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place religion imagesize nationality ethnicity party parents birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation alma_mater
1962 college yearbook portrait of kopechne 18 july 1969 chappaquiddick island , massachusetts mary jo kopechne wilkes-barre , pennsylvania roman catholic 145px american polish-american democratic joseph and gwen kopechne 26 july 1940 chappaquiddick incident mary jo kopechne.jpg mary jo kopechne
 mary jo kopechne teacher , secretary , and political campaign specialist caldwell college
mary jo kopechne

mary jo kopechne -lrb- ; july 26 , 1940 -- july 18 , 1969 -rrb- was an american teacher , secretary , and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at chappaquiddick island on july 18 , 1969 , while a passenger in a car being driven by longtime u.s. senator ted kennedy .
