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Его называли “Патриархом клана Кеннеди”.

Эдвард Кеннеди (Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy) — младший брат убитого Президента США и убитого Кандидата в Президенты США.

Сегодня, точнее, уже вчера, — он умер.

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.

The death of Mr. Kennedy, who had been battling brain cancer, was announced Wednesday morning in a statement by the Kennedy family, which was already mourning the death of the senator’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver two weeks earlier.

Взято — здесь.