The life and legacy of Edward Ted Kennedy February 22, 1932 August 25, 2009

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. In office since November 1962, Kennedy served nine terms in the Senate. At the time of his death, he was the second most senior member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and the third-longest-serving senator in U.S. history. He was best known as one of the most outspoken and effective Senate proponents of progressive causes and bills. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassinations, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.

Kennedy was known for his oratorical power: his 1968 eulogy for his brother Robert and his 1980 Democratic National Convention rallying cry for American liberalism being among his best-known moments.

Kennedy was the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. He became known as "The Lion of the Senate", due to his long history and influence in the legislature. More than 300 bills that Kennedy and his staff wrote have been enacted into law. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws that have affected the lives of all Americans, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, the COBRA Act of 1985, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act in 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act in 1996 and 2008, the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997, the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009.

Kennedy battled a malignant brain tumor first diagnosed in May 2008, which greatly limited his appearances in the Senate; though he survived longer than doctors first predicted, he died just before midnight on August 25, 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

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[ASentinel2]

@smithandrewj @smithandrewj Ted is dead...

Good ridence...

Rest in Piss..... Dead Ted...

Dead guy in a box!!!! LOL!!!

[smithandrewj]

@ASentinel2 No writing obnoxious comments about Ted Kennedy since he just made a mistake

[ASentinel2]

Our mouths are not as fat is the fat head ass that just died !

Good ridence !!!

His legislature over 47 years helped grateful liberal assholes not like you....but like those that paid for barak's election...

Why don't you go lie down next to him in his casket you dope... You're already dead too.

[JFKismyhusband]

To the gun-loving Republicans who have no respect for anyone: how about you shut your fat mouths? Teddy was only human. He made his mistakes and redeemed himself by passing huge amounts of legislature over his 47-year career in the senate that have helped ungrateful and unAmerican people like YOU in every day life. You don't even REALIZE it because you are so ignorant. With that said, I advise you to leave the sleeping lion alone. Your hateful words are empty and meaningless.

[birdie82]

RIP Senator Kennedy........beautiful tribute thanks for posting!

To the idiot with his Big gun...."if you can't say something nice shut the hell up"

[huntingun1]

So this piece of shit finally died! I think I'll go out & celebrate tonight.This one asshole liberal has enough destruction to this once proud republic. Oh well, he's gone. Now, the devil gets to deal with him!!