John B. Kelly Jr.
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| Birth name | John Brendan Kelly Jr. | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Kell Kelly Jack Kelly |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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May 24, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Died | March 2, 1985 (aged 57) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Resting place | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Gray Freeman (m. 1954; div. 1980) Sandra Worley (m. 1981–85) |
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John Brendan "Jack" Kelly Jr. (May 24, 1927 – March 2, 1985), also known as Kell Kelly, was an accomplished rower, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner. He was also the son of triple Olympic gold medal winner John B. Kelly Sr., and the elder brother of the actress and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly. In 1947, Kelly was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States.
Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second child and only son of John Kelly Sr. and his wife, the former Margaret Katherine Majer. His paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants, with his grandfather being from County Mayo, Ireland. John, Sr. was the son of a farmer; he started his own bricklaying business, "Kelly for Brickwork", and became a multimillionaire. Margaret's parents were Germans who emigrated to the United States. Before her marriage, she was a model and competitive swimmer. She converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism to marry Jack Kelly. Kelly's uncle George Kelly was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Kelly had an older sister Margaret (born September 1925 and nicknamed "Peggy") and two younger sisters, Grace (born November 1929) and Elizabeth Anne (born June 1933 and nicknamed "Lizanne"). Kelly's younger sister Grace would go on to become an Academy Award winning film actress who married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956. Kelly's nephew is Monaco's current monarch Prince Albert II. The children were raised in a 17-room house on Henry Avenue in East Falls, Philadelphia which overlooked the Schuylkill River.
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