He's been clean ever since, according to the New York Times. Kennedy credits 12-step programs with saving his life, attending up to nine meetings a week when he wasn't on the campaign trail.

Bettmann/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel, wave from the plane as they embark on a 26-day goodwill tour to Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands and West Berlin.

WASHINGTON – The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 assassination on Thursday, detailing the spy agency's ...