Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Amanda Bynes.
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy . Sirhan Sirhan , a 24-year-old Palestinian/Jordanian immigrant , was convicted of Kennedy 's murder and sentenced to death in 1969 , although his sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972 . Robert F. Kennedy . He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968 .