Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill.
In this 1962 photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, center, poses with his brothers U. S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, left, and President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington.
In this 2001 photo , Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens to fellow Democrats criticize the House economic stimulus package passed earlier, during a Washington news conference in the Capitol. Kennedy has died after battling a brain tumor his family announced early Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009, at the age of 77. This comes just two weeks after his sister Eunice Shriver died. Ted was unable to attend her funeral, because of his health.
