Kitty Dukakis, mental health pioneer and wife of Michael Dukakis, died at 88 after decades of transforming personal struggles into public advocacy.
Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, died Friday night at age 88, surrounded by family. Her son, John Dukakis, confirmed her passing to the Associated Press on Saturday.A Generous Life
Dukakis transformed her personal struggles with addiction and depression into powerful advocacy, breaking ground on destigmatizing mental health treatments.
Her openness about her challenges, including electroconvulsive therapy for depression, created space for public discussions about mental health when such conversations were rare.What To Know
Kitty met her future husband while attending high school in Brookline, Massachusetts.
