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Senator Edward Kennedy Dies at Age 77

August 26, 2009

Senator Edward Kennedy passed away late Tuesday evening after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party, was one of the most influential and longest-serving senators in U.S. history.

"Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply, died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port (Massachusetts)," the Kennedy family said in a statement early on Wednesday.

He had been battling brain cancer since he was diagnosed...