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Fortune helped fuel Kennedy family legacy, agenda
BOSTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy's family fortune not only fueled his brothers' presidential campaigns and his eight terms in the U.S. Senate, it also helped drive the family's liberal legacy and forge Kennedy's lifelong crusade for universal health care.
Nations:U.S. People:John F. Kennedy Edward Kennedy Source:(AP)
2009-08-30
A torch extinguished: Ted Kennedy dead at 77
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. - The greatest heights eluded Ted Kennedy over a lifetime of achievement and pain. No presidency. No universal health care, chief among his causes.
Nations:U.S. People:Edward Kennedy John F. Kennedy Patrick Leahy Orrin Hatch Barack Obama Jimmy Carter
2009-08-26
Mass. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77
BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. He was 77.
Nations:U.S. People:Edward Kennedy Barack Obama Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy David Paterson Deval Patrick Activities:Vietnam War
2009-08-26
JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
BOSTON - President John F. Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:John F. Kennedy George McGovern Edward Kennedy Arnold Schwarzenegger
2009-08-11
Lifting veil of privacy, friends discuss Kennedy
NEW YORK - When community groups and the Board of Education were caught in an acrimonious dispute over an arts program, education officials brought in a fixer: Caroline Kennedy.
Nations:U.S. People:Caroline Kennedy Sarah Palin David Paterson Joseph Biden Barack Obama John F. Kennedy Source:(AP)
2009-01-10
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