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Black met Kennedy when they were both law students at the University of Virginia.

The couple got married in April 1982, when she was 24 and he was 27.

Robert Kennedy Jr. and Emily Ruth Black standing together outside, smiling at the camera

She took on her husband’s surname, adding the famous Kennedy moniker to her official ID.

Since then, Black has seemingly led a pretty quiet life, with no media presence.

Emily Ruth Black posed in her wedding gown holding flowers