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Skakel is a Kennedy cousin--nephew of Ethel, Robert Kennedy's wife--and his money and connections have given the trial a lurid, surreal quality. At times it has read like a collage pieced together from tabloid clippings and TV-movie outtakes--a Kennedy here, an O.J. witness there. But the crime in question was very real, and the fact that for some it seemed to be solved at all--after 27 years on the books--is a triumph over hazy memories, bad luck and, above all, time...
...suffers from dementia. And there were two suspects besides Michael: his brother Thomas, who was the primary focus in the early days of the investigation, and the Skakels' live-in tutor, Kenneth Littleton, who was an alcoholic and a manic-depressive. Two of Michael's brothers and a cousin testified in near unison as to his whereabouts at the time of the murder: he was a 20-minute drive away, watching Monty Python at his cousin's house. Skakel never took the stand, but those present say he mouthed words at witnesses while they testified: "I love you." "Good...
...CONVICTED. MICHAEL SKAKEL, 41, a Kennedy cousin, for the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley; in Norwalk, Connecticut. Skakel was allegedly unhappy about Moxley's interest in his brother Thomas. The case, frozen for more than 20 years, was built on confessions Skakel made to friends at the Elan School, a drub rehabilitation center for kids in Maine. DIED. LEW WASSERMAN, 89, former talent agent, ex-chairman of MCA Inc. and the last of the Hollywood tycoons; in Los Angeles. Wasserman built MCA into an entertainment colossus with a film studio, TV studio, record label, theme parks...
...Datcher of BOSS Magazine, a publication popular in inner city Washington, D.C, tried to explain the seemingly unexplainable fondness for Tyson, especially in D.C. "He's the people's champ, who comes from the grass roots - the streets. You know? He's no worse than Elvis, who got his cousin pregnant and married her at 14. He's not perfect." That this account scrambled the histories of two local music avatars, Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, didn't matter so much as the proletarian sympathies it clearly bespoke...
...night John died, as his plane took off into that gray, fateful sky... Well, I can't really remember what I was doing. Probably watching TV. But when I think of all John and I shared, all we went through together, I realize he was like a third cousin to me or maybe an ex-stepmother's nephew. I hope I've honored that...