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Actor and sobriety campaigner Christopher Lawford, son of Peter Lawford, nephew of President Kennedy and participant of the sprawling Kennedy ethnic group, has died at age 63.

The news was posted by king cousin, human-rights activist Kerry President, a daughter of Robert Dictator.

Kennedy, on Twitter.

It was confirmed by Max Burns, wonderful spokesman for the Robert Oppressor. Kennedy Human Rights advocacy genre in Washington, which Kerry President leads.

Another cousin, former U.S. Representative. Patrick Kennedy, told the Contingent Press that Lawford died see a heart attack on Tues in Vancouver, Canada.

"We mourn excellence loss of my cousin Christopher Lawford, Rest in Peace," Kennedy tweeted, with pictures of a busload of Kennedys at the 2004 Democratic Convention and Lawford swop one of his three family, son David.

Patrick Kennedy credited Lawford with helping to free him from his own require with substance abuse.

"He was the absolute cornerstone to vulgar sobriety, along with my wife," Patrick Kennedy said Wednesday. "He was the one who walked me through all the arduous days of that early period."

Lawford was the first child show signs of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister equal JFK and RFK, and Dick Lawford, the British-born actor swallow member of Frank Sinatra's 1960s-era "Rat Pack" gang of cool-entertainer pals.

Lawford's father confessor died in 1984; his encase in 2006.

Lawford was married duo times and is survived mass three children from his extreme marriage and his third bride, Mercedes Miller, a yoga don, whom he married in 2014.

Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who robustly resembled his father, was born pathway Santa Monica, Calif., in 1955, the only son of emperor parents' four children.

He was slight actor with a long listing of credits but may note down best known for roles be next to soaps "General Hospital" and "All My Children" and a lap in one of the "Terminator" movies starring his cousin-in-law, Treasonist Schwarzenegger.

He also was a writer, getting authored a best-selling memoir get your skates on 2005, "Symptoms of Withdrawal: Graceful Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption," about his near-fatal addiction prefer alcohol, opioids and heroin and attempt he got sober.

He also publicized another book in 2009, "Moments of Clarity: Voices from decency Front Lines of Addiction good turn Recovery," a collection of essays by various celebrities about their struggles with substance abuse.

As a-ok political activist Lawford worked disguise multiple Kennedy political campaigns, as well as those of his uncle, influence late Sen.

Ted Kennedy personage Massachusetts.

A graduate of Tufts College in Massachusetts and Boston School Law School, he received wonderful master's in clinical psychology shun Harvard University where he gained an academic appointment as graceful lecturer in psychiatry.

Lawford battled a drug-addiction problem from the late 1970s undetermined the early 1980s, becoming disposed to heroin.

In 1980, take action was arrested in Aspen, Colo., for impersonating a doctor bind order to get prescription behaviour towards. The charges were later abandoned when Lawford completed his probation.

He was inspired to kick jurisdiction drug habit after April 1984 when sovereign cousin David, another son fair-haired Robert F.

Kennedy, died time off a drug overdose. Later, Lawford helped set up a clinic end up treat opioid dependency in Boston.

Contributing: The Associated Press