Appleton/News Sen. Ted Kennedy spoke at the 2008 Democratic
National Convention even though he wasn't anywhere near 100
percent. OBITUARIES....- Edward M. Kennedy: Senator From 1962-2009: Sen. Edward
Kennedy (D-Mass.), one of the most powerful and
influential senators in American history, died after
battling a brain tumor. Kennedy was the vibrant symbol of
American liberalism in an era of conservative ascendance.
- WaPo
- Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Stalwart, Is Dead at 77: Senator
Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a son of one of the
most storied families in American politics, a man who
knew acclaim and tragedy in near-equal measure and who
will be remembered as one of the most effective lawmakers
in the history of the Senate, died late Tuesday night. He
was 77.... - NYT,
8-26-09
- Edward M. Kennedy Left Major Imprint on Life in D.C.: At
3 p.m. Wednesday, students and teachers gathered around
the flagpole outside Brent Elementary School on Capitol
Hill to remember one of their own.... - WaPo,
8-27-09
- HNN Hot Topics: Edward Kennedy's Life and Legacy -
HNN
- A nation reacts to the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy...
- Detroit
Free Press, 8-27-09
- Residents at Hyannis Port mourn death of their
neighbor, Ted Kennedy: Flags flew at half-mast and
flowers were left outside the Kennedy compound Wednesday
morning as Hyannis Port neighbors mourned the death of
Sen. Edward Kennedy.... - NY
Daily News, 8-26-09
- Sen Edward Kennedy dies: Kennedy was key part of
Obama's agenda and early ambitions: Senator's death
leaves president without early ally... Chicago
Tribune, 8-27-09
- For Obama, Kennedy's illness meant a missed chance for
a mentor: Senator Edward Kennedy's brain cancer
dashed hopes he would help propel President Barack
Obama's bold agenda.... - LAT,
8-27-09
(President Barack Obama attends the funeral mass
for Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts, Saturday, Aug. 29,
2009. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) - The Kennedy Funeral: The funeral for Senator
Edward M. Kennedy begins at the Basilica of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help just outside Boston. The rain outside, and
the wet streets, offer up a symbolism often remarked upon
at dampened funerals as a renewal of life. Or that the
heavens are weeping.... - NYT, 8-29-09
- List of dignitaries attending Kennedy's funeral
Saturday - Boston
Globe, 8-29-09
- US Capitol applauds Kennedy one last time: Thousands
gathered outside the US Capitol broke into loud applause
Saturday as Edward Kennedy's funeral procession halted
briefly next to the building on the last leg of the
senator's final journey. In unprecedented scenes at the
nation's top assembly, thousands of other ordinary
by-passers had gathered solemnly on the lawns and
roadsides nearby to bid farewell to Kennedy, who died
late Tuesday from brain cancer aged 77. Waving flags and
cheering, they came to honor the last of a band of
brothers who shaped the politics of a nation.... - AFP,
8-29-09
- Kennedy's Papal Correspondence and a Spontaneous
Sing-Along: At the Capitol Despite the heat, people
started gathering hours before the funeral
processions arrival. According to CNN, United
States Park Police estimated that 1,000 people had
gathered on the Capitol steps and 4,000 on the grounds at
around 5:45 on Saturday evening, hoping to catch a
glimpse of the hearse during its brief stop.... - NYT,
8-29-09
- BURIAL AT ARLINGTON 'We Loved This Kind And Tender
Hero' A Day of Mourning, Celebration Edward M. Kennedy
Funeral Service: Thousands of Kennedy admirers stood
outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston
while family, colleagues and friends filled the church to
say final goodbyes to the senator.
On the day he was carried to his final resting place,
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a
legislator of almost unequalled prowess, a political
force who left a lasting imprint on the country and a
husband, father and patriarch whose private acts of love
and devotion helped his star-crossed family endure
tragedy and misfortune.... - WaPo,
8-29-09
- Sen. Ted Kennedy spent his life looking out for
others: Edward Kennedy came to the last rousing
political speech of his life from a Denver hospital,
already being treated for the brain cancer that finally
took him last week. On top of that, Kennedy showed up for
last year's Democratic convention suffering from what
would be diagnosed as kidney stones. So the great health
care advocate needed more health care of his own, right
before he stood up for Barack Obama.... - NY
Daily News, 8-31-09
- An icon, for better or worse: In the spring of
1970, months after Mary Jo Kopechne died in Ted Kennedy's
car at Chappaquiddick, graphic designer George Lois
produced an Esquire magazine cover depicting the senator
in a Santa Claus hat, the same innocent headgear Lois had
used seven years earlier to ironically crown Sonny
Liston, the boxer whom most of middle-class America saw
as an unapologetic thug. Lois said he returned to the
idea for Kennedy to invoke "the bad-guy/good-guy
theme at a time when he was being vilified." Not
long after Esquire's June 1970 issue, featuring an
article entitled "Reshaping Teddy's Image," hit
newsstands, Lois encountered Kennedy on a Manhattan
street, uncertain about the reaction he could expect.
"I ran into him," Lois recalled this week,
"and he said: 'I'm better-looking than that Sonny
Liston!'"... - Boston
Globe, 9-01-09
- Kennedy's Closest Confidante, in Politics and Life
- NYT,
8-29-09
- Vicki Reggie Kennedy: lawyer, widow, next U.S. senator
from Massachusetts?: Time Magazine has called her
"The Woman Who Saved Ted." Now, though she has
said she is not interested, pressure is mounting on
Victoria Reggie Kennedy to save his agenda -- serving as
interim senator from Massachusetts until January when a
special election is planned to fill the seat held by her
husband, the late Edward Kennedy.... - LAT,
8-31-09
- Fame didn't separate Kennedy from little guy: The
world remembers Sen. Edward Kennedy for his passionate
liberalism, legislative skill and stewardship of a
political dynasty.
Kevin Larson recalls a McDonald's lunch. A decade ago,
Kennedy hosted Larson's 6- and 4-year-old sons to thank
them for returning a lost diamond ring they had found at
a playground. Larson remembers his boys bounding past a
reception area filled with important people in suits to
McDonald's meals Kennedy's staff had waiting for them in
his office. The graciousness Kennedy showed his family
that day was repeated in the coming years in notes and
Christmas cards. "He never forgot the little
guy," said Larson, who lives in the Boston suburb of
Malden.... - AP,
8-27-09
- Edward Kennedy memoir already a
best-seller: Edward Kennedy was buried Saturday, but
his impact will surely linger in the words contained in
his memoir, "True Compass." The book, which
will be released Sept. 14, already has become Amazon's
best-selling biography. "Last Lion: The Fall and
Rise of Ted Kennedy" by Peter S. Canellos was also
in the Top 10 in that category. Jonathan Karp,
editor-in-chief of Twelve, which is publishing the book,
said in an open letter that "Kennedy has been
keeping a personal journal through nearly 50 years of his
public life, beginning with John F. Kennedy's campaign
for president in 1960. Five years ago, he began an oral
history project at the Miller Center at the University of
Virginia, where he began to address all aspects of his
life his family, his career in the Senate, and his
view of the historic events of our time." - Baltimore
Sun, 8-31-09
- National Portrait Gallery Displays Warhol's Kennedy
Portrait: Visitors to the Smithsonian's National
Portrait Gallery can pay their respects to Edward Kennedy
by viewing a portrait by Andy Warhol. Made as a campaign
fundraiser for the late Massachusetts senator's 1980
presidential campaign, the silkscreened work features
subtle red and blue lines meant to mimic the American
flag. Kennedy lost the Democratic nomination to Jimmy
Carter, whom Warhol had painted only a few years before.
Kennedy died August 25 at the age of 77. - Art
Info, 8-31-09
- Edward Kennedy books: Sad to hear about Edward
Kennedy's death. For Baby Boomers, the Kennedy family
held a special place, reflecting both the hope -- and
tragedy -- of our youth. Recalling the 1960's, when two
of his brothers were felled by assassins' bullets, the
then-America seems an almost unbelievable place. Of
course, young Teddy had his own demon: the Chappaquiddick
incident that left a young woman dead. But he put
together a remarkable political career as the only
surviving brother.... - Baltimore
Sun, 8-31-09
- Shriver: Uncle's death may aid health care push: Maria
Shriver says the death of her uncle Sen. Edward Kennedy
could provide momentum to the senator's lifetime effort
to overhaul the nation's health care system.... - AP,
8-29-09
QUOTESPool photograph by Brian Snyder Former President Bill
Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former president
George W. Bush and his wife Laura, President Barack Obama and
first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and his
wife Jill, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former President
Jimmy Carter wait for the services to begin. - PRESIDENT OBAMA, on Senator Edward M. Kennedy: "His
ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and
reflected in millions of lives -- in seniors who know new
dignity, in families that know new opportunity, in
children who know education's promise, and in all who can
pursue their dream in an America that is more equal and
more just -- including myself."
- Vice President Joe Biden, quoted at
WashingtonPost.com: The unique thing about Teddy was
it was never about him. It was always about you. ...
People I admire, great women and men, at the end of the
day gets down to being about them. With Teddy, it was
never about him.
- Kennedy family statement: Veteran US Senator Edward
Kennedy has died at the age of 77 after suffering a brain
tumour diagnosed in 2008. The announcement came in a
short statement from his family:
Edward M Kennedy - the husband, father, grandfather,
brother and uncle we loved so deeply - died late Tuesday
night at home in Hyannis Port [Massachusetts].
We've lost the irreplaceable centre of our family and
joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his
faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our
hearts forever.
We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this
last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many
years in his tireless march for progress toward justice,
fairness and opportunity for all.
He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it.
He always believed that our best days were still ahead,
but it's hard to imagine any of them without him. - Obama Offers Tribute to 'a Defender of a Dream': "His
extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end. His
extraordinary work lives on," Mr. Obama said,
speaking from the Blue Heron Farm in the town of
Chilmark. "For his family, he was a guardian. For
America, he was a defender of a dream."... "His
fight has given us the opportunity that was denied us
when his brothers John and Robert were taken from
us," Mr. Obama said, "the blessing of time to
say thank you and goodbye." - NYT, 8-27-09
- Grandchildren give thanks to Kennedy, 'best in the
world': "When most people of Ted Kennedy, they
think about the man who changed the lives of millions of
people by fighting for a better health care. When I about
him, vibrant memories of sailing, laughing, Thanksgiving
dinner, talking on the front porch and playing with
Splash come to mind," Kiley Kennedy said. "To
me, all the things he has done to change the world are
just icing on my grandpa cake of a truly miraculous
person."... - NECN,
8-29-09
- Nancy Reagan remembers Kennedy, fondly: "Both
of them respected one another. And it was a very good
friendship. It's what there should be more of
today," Reagan's widow, Nancy, said Wednesday night
on her son Ron's radio show on Air America. "You can
get so much done if you work together," she added.
Ron Reagan asked whether the president and senator shared
a bond in some way because Reagan narrowly escaped
assassination, and Kennedy's two older brothers were
killed. "Maybe there was," Nancy Reagan
replied. She said she and Kennedy worked together for
stem cell research, and they did not talk about their
political disagreements. "I'll miss him," she
said of "Teddy," who he said stayed in touch
long past the 2004 death of her husband, with calls on
her birthday and notes and flowers on other special
events.... - Boston
Globe, 8-27-09
- Biden Offers Personal Memories of Kennedy: "Don't
you find it remarkable that one of the most partisan
liberal men in the last century, serving in the Senate,
has so many of his foes embrace him?" Mr. Biden
said. "Because they know he made them bigger. He
made them more graceful, by the way in which he conducted
himself."...
"I just hope we remember how he treated other
people, and how he made other people look at themselves
and look at one another," Mr. Biden said.
"That'll be the truly fundamentally unifying legacy
of Teddy Kennedy's life, if that happens. And it will for
a while, at least in the Senate." - NYT,
8-26-09
- Obama Delivers Muted Eulogy for Friend and Supporter: President
Obama said goodbye Saturday to his friend and mentor
Edward M. Kennedy, offering a studious profile of a man
whom he and much of the country had come to admire and
respect....
Obama said Americans are left with one image of Kennedy:
"the image of a man on a boat; white mane tousled;
smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what
storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous
place just beyond the horizon." - WaPo,
8-29-09
- REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT EULOGY FOR SENATOR EDWARD M.
KENNEDY Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica Roxbury,
Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy has gone home now, guided
by his faith and by the light of those that he has loved
and lost. At last he is with them once more, leaving
those of us who grieve his passing with the memories he
gave, the good that he did, the dream he kept alive, and
a single, enduring image -- the image of a man on a boat,
white mane tousled, smiling broadly as he sails into the
wind, ready for whatever storms may come, carrying on
toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the
horizon. May God bless Ted Kennedy, and may he rest in
eternal peace. - WH,
8-29-09
- Brown calls Sen. Kennedy 'great internationalist': British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written that Sen. Edward
Kennedy was "a great internationalist" who
inspired social progress around the world.... He says
"we owe a great debt to the vision and courage of
Kennedy," who died Tuesday at age 77.... - AP,
8-28-09
- Rep. Kennedy: Dad's illness has united family:
Rep. Patrick Kennedy has found something of a blessing in
the curse of cancer afflicting his father: The family has
been able to spend much more time with the stricken
senator. "It's been a chance for us to bond and be
together and share a special time together that we would
never have had together had he been taken from us,"
Kennedy, D-R.I., said of his dad, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"That's a big gift. (It) let us have the chance to
tell him how much we love him. And him to be there to
hear it." - AP,
8-13-09
HISTORIANS' COMMENTS
- Douglas Brinkley on Ted Kennedy's Life: 'He Did a Kind
of a Redemptive Work': "Well, for starters, Ted
Kennedy was Catholic, and a big part of Catholicism is
forgiveness. It's the confession. He's asked to be
forgiven by people. He did a kind of a redemptive work
throughout his whole career. He would fall off the wagon.
He had a bit of a drinking problem. There was a carousing
issue that came up. But he constantly said, I can do
better. He asked the public directly, a number of times,
that these are my own personal shortcomings, and I'm
working on it." News
Busters, 8-27-09
- JAY WINIK "Kennedy for the Ages Fierce
partisanship is a proud senatorial tradition": Over
the course of a long and distinguished career, Sen.
Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday at the age of 77, was
like a cat with nine lives who used every one of them. He
came from a family touched by greatness, even as it was
riddled with unfathomable tragedy. He was the torchbearer
for liberalism, even when it was a fading voice on the
political scene. If his life was the stuff of rich
biographyhis memoir, for which he was reportedly
paid $8 million, is due out in just over two
weeksthe question remains: What will history think
of him? Despite all the encomiums, it is too early to
tell.... - WSJ,
8-27-09
- Gil Troy "Mishpacha Ted Kennedyfriend of
Israel, champion of social justice, advocate for Soviet
Jewsbecame part of our family: "Kennedy,
although not of the World War II generation exactly, was
from the Hubert Humphrey-Alan Cranston school of liberals
who were passionately pro-Israel, partially because the
World War II vets among them had witnessed the
Holocaust," Gil Troy, a professor of history at
McGill University and a visiting scholar at the
Bipartisan Policy Center, said by email yesterday.
"Kennedy's consistent support for Israel, along with
his support for Soviet Jewry were givens, not in the
sense of being taken for granted, but in the sense of
being so central to his identity and worldview, it was
assumed. Moreover, there was something very healing, very
redemptive, for all concerned that Ted Kennedy, the son
of that old anti-Semite Joe Kennedy, was such a good
friend of the Jews. I don't know of Ted discussing his
father in that context, but Jews were certainly aware of
the generational shiftand were grateful." - Tablet,
8-27-09
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: Kennedy Was 'Strong In The
Broken Places': Well, I've known him for probably
over 35 years my husband, of course, worked in the
White House with President Kennedy; was with Bobby when
he died; and then was very close to Teddy Kennedy, who
was at our wedding. We've spent vacations with him.
You know, I think the extraordinary thing about him when
you think of that long life is the way it's really hit
individual people in their daily goings-about.
There's a real personal bond that you can feel, even out
here today at the Kennedy Library. You know, so many of
those people who also loved Jack and Bobby, but probably
never saw him, only saw either one of them through the
power of television.
A lot of these people here today have actually seen
Teddy, they've had some dealings with him, or the
legislation that he sponsored has affected them
giving them children's health insurance; helping to get
the right to vote; letting them take family and medical
leave when something happened in the family; or people
who are gay knowing that he helped with them;
disabilities, helping with those rights.
In a certain sense, the senator, it showed, could have
more power in some ways, than presidents in making
different changes in peoples daily lives, and you
feel that in the emotion of these people today..... - wbur.org
(NPR Boston), 8-28-09
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