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Julia Thorne
Julia Thorne
Second Lady of Massachusetts
	In role; March 6, 1983 – January 2, 1985
Governor	Michael Dukakis
Preceded by	Susan Dwight (1975)
Succeeded by	Jan Cellucci (1991)
Personal details
Born	Julia Stimson Thorne; September 16, 1944; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 27, 2006 (aged 61); Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Cause of death	Bladder cancer
Spouse(s)	John Kerry; (m. 1970–1988; divorced); Richard Charlesworth ; (m. 1997–2006)
Children	Alexandra Kerry; Vanessa Kerry
Relatives	David Thorne (twin brother)
Occupation	Writer

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Julia Stimson Thorne (September 16, 1944 – April 27, 2006) was an American writer and the first wife of former U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Early life

Thorne was born in New York City, the daughter of Alice Smith (Barry) and Landon Ketchum Thorne, Jr. Her maternal great-grandfather was journalist David S. Barry and her paternal great-great-grandfather was Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, a physician who served as president of the Association of American Physicians. Her brothers are Landon Ketchum Thorne III of Beaufort, South Carolina and her twin brother David Thorne of Brookline, Massachusetts. She spent much of her childhood in Rome and attended the international school, Marymount in Rome while her brother David attended the Overseas School of Rome. Her father had been appointed to a diplomatic post and was publisher of The Voice of the Daily American. She attended the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She took classes at the New York School of Interior Design and Radcliffe College.

Thorne met Kerry in 1963 at her family's estate in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Kerry was a Yale classmate of Thorne's twin brother David. Thorne married Kerry on May 23, 1970 and divorced on July 25, 1988, after a six-year separation. She and John had two daughters together:

Alexandra Forbes Kerry (born 1973)
Vanessa Bradford Kerry (born 1976)

During their marriage, Julia began showing signs of depression and later wrote that she had at one time contemplated suicide. She overcame depression by 1990, and by all accounts the two had an amicable relationship.^[1]

She married Richard J. Charlesworth in 1997 and they moved to Bozeman, Montana. On May 7, 1997, two years after his remarriage, Kerry publicly announced that he had requested an annulment from the Roman Catholic Church of his marriage to Thorne.

Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign

She endorsed Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, stating, "I think he is an immensely talented statesman, and I am 100 percent behind him".

Books

She was the author of the books You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression (1993) (with Larry Rothstein) (ISBN 0-06-096977-6) and A Change of Heart: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Divorce (1996) (ISBN 0-06-095105-2).

Death

She was being treated for transitional-cell carcinoma, a form of cancer. Thorne died of bladder cancer in Concord, Massachusetts.

Ancestry

Julia Thorne was a direct eleventh generation descendant of John Bowne, a defiant activist in the struggle for religious freedom. William Thorne Sr., third signatory of the Flushing Remonstrance is also an ancestor. Thorne was also a distant cousin of John Kerry through their common ancestor Elizabeth Fones.

References

^ "Madame Ex". Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved April 29, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); The Washingtonian; July 1996

External links

Julia Stimson Thorne's Family Tree
Another Thorne Family Tree, with navigable links through the generations
Senator's divorce records available – Boston Globe article revealing that John Kerry and Julia Stimson Thorne's divorce papers are public
Julia Thorne, author and ex-wife of Sen. Kerry, dead at 61 – Boston Globe obituary

[1] "Madame Ex". Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved April 29, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); The Washingtonian; July 1996

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 Thorne was born in New York City, the daughter of Alice Smith (Barry) and Landon Ketchum Thorne, Jr. Her maternal great-grandfather was journalist [[David S. Barry]] and her paternal great-great-grandfather was [[Alfred Lebbeus Loomis]], a physician who served as president of the [[Association of American Physicians]]. Her brothers are Landon Ketchum Thorne III of Beaufort, South Carolina and her twin brother [[David Thorne (diplomat)|David Thorne]] of Brookline, Massachusetts. She spent much of her childhood in Rome and attended the international school, Marymount in Rome while her brother David attended the Overseas School of Rome. Her father had been appointed to a diplomatic post and was publisher of The Voice of the Daily American. She attended the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She took classes at the New York School of Interior Design and Radcliffe College.
-Thorne met Kerry in 1963 at her family's estate in [[Bay Shore, New York]] on Long Island. Kerry was a Yale classmate of Thorne's twin brother David. Thorne married Kerry on May 23, 1970 and divorced on July 25, 1988, after a six-year separation. She later attributed the divorce to her battle with depression, which began in the 1970s and ended by 1990. She and John had two daughters together:
+Thorne met Kerry in 1963 at her family's estate in [[Bay Shore, New York]] on Long Island. Kerry was a Yale classmate of Thorne's twin brother David.  Thorne married Kerry on May 23, 1970 and divorced on July 25, 1988, after a six-year separation. She and John had two daughters together:
 *[[Alexandra Kerry|Alexandra Forbes Kerry]] (born 1973)
 *[[Vanessa Kerry|Vanessa Bradford Kerry]] (born 1976)

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