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Actress Cheryl Hines tearfully recounted the death of her nephew last year in a new interview, discussing how the tragedy gave her perspective on dealing with the turmoil around her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's presidential campaign.

Hines' 20 year-old nephew Michael died last May at the age of 20 after battling cerebral palsy his entire life. He was hospitalized after a choking incident, Hines said, and once it became clear he was "no longer with us" and would be taken off life support, he eventually became an organ donor.

"Our family, we spent a week in the hospital with him, taking shifts and singing to him, and then when the decision was made to be an organ donor. We weren't sure that was even an option," she told

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