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Kennedy died of a brain tumor on August 25, 2009, at age 77 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, two weeks after the death of his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver. [294] In a statement, Kennedy's family thanked "everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless ...
Esophageal cancer [16] Bethesda, Maryland: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Democratic Ohio (11th district) August 20, 2008 58 Cerebral hemorrhage [17] East Cleveland, Ohio: Cremated Ted Kennedy Democratic Massachusetts : August 25, 2009 77 Brain cancer [18] Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was re-elected in 2006, and died on August 25, 2009, from a malignant brain tumor. [1] On September 24, 2009, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed longtime friend of Kennedy and former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul G. Kirk to succeed Kennedy until a special election could be held. [2]
Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his ninth (his eighth full) term. This would be Kennedy's last election to the Senate; he died three years later of brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2008. Senator Kennedy was the fourth longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, having served for nearly 47 years.
McCain said he was inspired to continue working through his cancer treatments by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who had the same type of brain tumor. “I think about Ted a lot,” he said during the ...
The memoir deals with Kennedy's experiences with the assassination of his two older brothers, John and Robert, the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, his battle with drinking and with brain cancer, why he decided to run for president in 1980, his personal and professional relationships with Democratic presidents including his often tense, strained relations with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton ...
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Place of death Place of burial Successor Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress Richard M. Simpson Republican Pennsylvania (18th district) January 7, 1960 59 Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor [68] Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. Douglas H. Elliott: May ...
Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, remembers being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago and hearing encouraging words from the ...