Maureen Kennedy Salaman
Maureen Kennedy Salaman | |
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| Born | Maureen Kennedy August 4, 1936 |
| Died | August 17, 2006 (aged 70) Atherton, California, United States |
| Political party | Populist |
| Spouse(s) | Gerard Morton Frank Salaman |
| Children | 2, including Sean |
Maureen Kennedy Salaman (April 4, 1936 – August 17, 2006) was an American author, proponent of alternative medicine, and candidate of the Populist Party for Vice President of the United States in the 1984 election.
Biography
Salaman was born in 1936 in Glendale, California. Her father, Ted Kennedy, served in the United States Navy and was killed in World War II when Maureen was a child. The family then relocated to San Mateo County, California.[1]
Salaman became a nutritionist and soon became involved in alternative medicine. She was elected president of the National Health Federation, an alternative medicine lobbying group, in 1982. She held that position, with two interruptions, until her death of pancreatic cancer in 2006.[2]
Salaman was nominated on the far-right Populist Party's ticket in 1984 along with Bob Richards, a former Olympic pole vaulter. They received 66,324 votes (0.07%).[3]
Personal life
Salaman married Gerard Morton in 1957, and that marriage produced two children, Sean and Colleen. The couple divorced, and Salaman remarried to Frank Salaman.[1]
Salaman died at her home in Atherton, California in 2006, at the age of seventy from cancer.
References
- ^ a b "Maureen Kennedy Salaman". National Health Federation. September 2006. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Maureen Kennedy Salaman". SFGate Obituaries. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ Leip, David. "1984 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 7, 2005.