Kitty Dukakis, the activist wife of the 1988 presidential candidate, died in 88

During the campaign, perhaps the most permanent public moment for Mrs. Dukakis was the question of a discussion about her. Discussion moderator, CNN Bernard Shaw, Mr. Dukakis asked: “If Kitty Dukakis was raped and killed, would you prefer an irreversible death penalty for the killer?”

“No, I don’t know, Bernard,” Mr. Dukakis Answered without emotion Before discussing the death penalty and the record of the crime. Analysts called the response tone, one of the worst of the presidential debate history, and said that Mr. Dukakis, who continued to win 40 states and presidencies, said that he helped to oppose his rival George HW Bush.

Later, Kitty Dukakis was ashamed of journalists. He was also alive and called the question ugly and inappropriate.

“Thank God, I’m not a candidate,” he said warmly, “Because I don’t know what to do.”

Katharine Virginia Dickson was born on December 26, 1936 in Cambridge, Mass and grew up in nearby Brookline. He admired Harry Ellis Dickson, the first violinist and his chief of Boston Pops, with his Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Dukakis had a more thorny relationship with her mother Jane (Goldberg) Dickson, whom she described as a meticulous perfectionist, almost impossible to meet the standards. In his first book published in 1990, Mrs. Dukakis remembered that her mother was beautiful, but that her little sister Jinny had a personality. These and similar comments, Mrs. Dukakis, has respected the low self -esteem that bothers him throughout his life.