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77008
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 14:52
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SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY DIES
Baku, August 26 (AzerTAc). U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, the youngest member of a politically powerful family that produced a U.S. president, has died of brain cancer at the age of 77.
Kennedy`s family says he died late Tuesday night at his home in the small Massachusetts town of Hyannnis Port. The Democratic senator has been suffering from an incurable form of brain cancer for just over a year. He had been missing in the U.S. Senate for much of this year due to his illness, forcing him to work on his lifelong signature issue, a national health care system, from his home.
Kennedy had represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since 1962, when he was elected to the seat previously held by his older brother, President John F. Kennedy. During his Senate career, he was a strong champion of liberal causes, including civil rights, education, immigration and health care. He was a vocal critic of both the Vietnam War and the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq in 2003.
Kennedy`s family says he died late Tuesday night at his home in the small Massachusetts town of Hyannnis Port. The Democratic senator has been suffering from an incurable form of brain cancer for just over a year. He had been missing in the U.S. Senate for much of this year due to his illness, forcing him to work on his lifelong signature issue, a national health care system, from his home.
Kennedy had represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since 1962, when he was elected to the seat previously held by his older brother, President John F. Kennedy. During his Senate career, he was a strong champion of liberal causes, including civil rights, education, immigration and health care. He was a vocal critic of both the Vietnam War and the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq in 2003.
