Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean was born in 2011, the son of Maeve Kennedy McKean and David McKean. He was the great-grandson of Robert F. Kennedy. On April 2, 2020, during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gideon and his mother Maeve went out on a canoe on the Chesapeake Bay near their home in Shady Side, Maryland. The canoe capsized in rough water. Both Maeve and Gideon drowned. He was eight years old. The family had noted that the pair had paddled out to retrieve a ball that had landed in the water. Their deaths in the same accident were a devastating blow to the Kennedy family and to the many communities they served.
Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean is the late child of Maeve Kennedy McKean and David McKean.
Gideon McKean drowned on April 2, 2020, in the Chesapeake Bay near Shady Side, Maryland, along with his mother Maeve Kennedy McKean, when their canoe capsized. He was eight years old.
Gideon McKean is the son of Maeve Kennedy McKean, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, and David McKean, former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg.