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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Entrepreneur · RKO Pictures · born September 6, 1888 · died 1969

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Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. Known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children, he was the patriarch of the Kennedy family.

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  1. 40Founded RKO PicturesOctober 23, 1928

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