FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2001 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., talks to his Boston office from Capitol Hill in Washington following reports of a suspicious package being found in his Boston office. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)

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A torch extinguished: Ted Kennedy dead at 77

• By ncs-import
• August 26, 2009