Ted Kennedy
On May 20, 2008, it was announced that Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, diagnosed after he experienced a seizure at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts the previous weekend.
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About Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party.He launched his political career in 1962, when he was elected to finish the unexpired Senate term of his brother, John F. Kennedy, who was elected president in 1960 -- the seat had been held for two years by another person, who stepped aside in 1962. Kennedy is the second most senior member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia. He has been elected to eight full terms, and is now the second most senior member of the Senate.
The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he is the youngest brother of the late President John F. Kennedy and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.
Like his brothers, John and Robert, Edward Kennedy attended Harvard. He studied in the Netherlands before earning a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School.
Ted Kennedy is a staunch advocate of liberal principles, and is one of the most influential and enduring icons of his party.
Ted Kennedy in the Media
TED KENNEDY: Historic Speech @ Denver Convention
8.25.08 Sen. Ted Kennedy, recently undergoing surgery for a brain tumor, made a surprise speech to the Democratic Convention in Denver
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Ted Kennedy: Childhood
Ted Kennedy, on far right.
He was expelled from Harvard in May 1951 after he was caught cheating during a Spanish examination. Kennedy then enlisted in the United States Army for two years and was assigned to the SHAPE headquarters in Paris. He eventually re-entered Harvard, graduating in 1956. In the 1955 Harvard-Yale football game, which Yale won 21-7, Kennedy caught Harvard's only touchdown pass.
In 1958, he attended the Hague Academy of International Law. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia, where he was the winner of the William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959. While he was in law school, he managed his brother John's 1958 Senate re-election campaign.
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Ted Kennedy on Flickr
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Kennedy endorsing Obama
Kennedy with Obama
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Ted Kennedy with John Kerry
The Traumas Involving Ted Kennedy
In 1963, the year after Ted was first elected to the Senate, his brother, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated.In 1964, Kennedy was in a plane crash in which the pilot and one of Kennedy's aides were killed. He was pulled from the wreckage by fellow senator Birch E. Bayh II (D-Ind.), and spent weeks in a hospital recovering from a severe back injury, a punctured lung, broken ribs and internal bleeding.
In 1968, his last surviving brother, Robert, was assassinated during his bid to be nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Kennedy delivered a very emotional eulogy at Robert's funeral.
In 1969, Edward Kennedy drove a car off a bridge into the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard. Kennedy managed to escape, but his passenger, campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned in the submerged car. Kennedy had left the scene of the accident and did not call authorities until the following day. Kennedy later pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months in jail.
Books about Kennedy
The Senator: My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy
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The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition
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The Kennedys: An American Drama
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In the Kennedy Kitchen: Recipes and Recollections of a Great American Family
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Your Thoughts on Ted Kennedy
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triathlontraining
That's awesome Tiddledeewinks! I hope he lives a long, happy life! :) Posted July 06, 2008 |
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Tiddledeewinks
My brother who has retired from being a major in the U.S.Air Force, also has a brain tumor, and was told 8 years ago he had only months to live, but is still going! Posted June 28, 2008 |
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sisterra
Great lens. Posted June 14, 2008 |
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More Information on Ted Kennedy
- Ted Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Wikipedia on Ted Kennedy
- Ted Kennedy
- Senator Kennedy senate website.
- Senator Edward M. Kennedy | United States Senator for Massachusetts
- The official Senate web site of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
