The man known as the "liberal lion of the Senate" had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to.
"We've lost the irreplaceable center 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," the Kennedy family said in a statement. "He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it."
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Please let's leave his past mistakes out of the discussion and have some respect for a man who dedicated his life to politics. Whether you agreed with him or not please be respectable.
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Edit: Make that respectful manner. (My bad CL using an adjective.)
Thank you to those who have. My mother raised me telling me, If you cannot say something nice about a person, then don't say anything at all.
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