Edward Kennedy 1932 - 2009

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Edward Kennedy, the Senator for Massachusetts who championed a tide of Liberal legislation during more than 40 years in the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumour. He is the younger brother of the former President John F Kennedy and the former Attorney-General Robert Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated. He is photographed here in 1988.

The last of the Kennedy brothers has died, aged 77

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