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Sen. Edward Kennedy
Born: Feb. 22, 1932, the ninth and youngest child of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald
Died: Aug. 25, 2009, at age 77
Legacy: Elected to the Senate in 1962, the third-longest-serving senator; a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, a powerful voice on health care, civil rights, and war and peace
What they’re saying
“Ted Kennedy’s dream was the one for which the founding fathers fought and for which his brothers sought to realize. The liberal lion’s mighty roar may now fall silent, but his dream shall never die.”
