Researching Jonny Kennedy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18056 people with the Kennedy surname? In that year Kennedy was ranked number 205 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Jonny means "form of JONATHAN - God has given" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jonny Kennedy on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jonny Kennedy and the Kennedy Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 35335 people with the Kennedy surname in the UK? Kennedy is now ranked number 129 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 203563 people with the Kennedy surname in the USA? Kennedy is ranked number 90 for popularity in the USA. |
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Jonny Kennedy
Jonny Kennedy (4 November 1966 – 26 September 2003) was the subject of the documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, which documented the final months of his life as he suffered from the rare inherited condition known as dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB or DEB). He was born with no skin on his left leg. Kennedy ultimately died of skin cancer caused by EB.
In the film, which also featured interviews with his friends and family, Kennedy was extremely candid about his feelings concerning his impending death. When the film was first broadcast in March 2004 on Channel 4 in the UK, it attracted around five million viewers and helped to raise £500,000 for the EB charity DebRA. The documentary was voted the sixth most popular film in the Channel 4 programme The 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time, in 2005. The documentary was shown again on Channel 4 in May 2020.
Kennedy was a Spiritualist who saw death as "a freedom and an escape." The film saw him fulfill his lifelong aim of flying in a glider, which led him to think of life beyond death: "I think I'll be bored if the angels sit about on clouds plucking their harps all day. I'll be up there, getting them off their clouds, doing drops of 1,000 feet and then pulling up. I think you need to spice things up a bit."
He died in his wheelchair, whilst being filmed for the documentary, on a train returning from a meeting at 10 Downing Street with Cherie Blair.
One of Kennedy's favourite bands was Queen; at his funeral, the Queen song "Don't Stop Me Now" was played. His childhood friend Lord Redesdale was in attendance and spoke as per Kennedy's request. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at the Tenantry Column in Alnwick.
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