Early life and education. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, to businessman/politician Joseph Patrick Joe Kennedy and philanthropist/socialite Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Kennedy.
If I hadn't had surgery to fix my collarbone, I'd have ended up lopsided. Around 300,000 people a year break their collarbone. In most cases, the bone will knit back together - but 9,000 patients with more serious fractures need a titanium plate inserted. Stephen Bennett, 53, talks about his experience
A clavicle fracture is a break in the collarbone, one of the main bones in the shoulder. This type of fracture is fairly commonâaccounting for about 5 percent of all adult fractures. Most clavicle fractures occur when a fall onto the shoulder or an outstretched arm puts enough pressure on the bone that it snaps or breaks.