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The Honorable Edward Moore Kennedy, US Senator from Massachusetts died after a long battle with brain cancer, just before midnight August 25, 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port.  The Senator was the last living son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.  Senator Kennedy was the brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Senator Kennedy was a flawed human, like most of us.  However, he dedicated his life to the service of the people of Massachusetts and the rest of the nation.  At the time of his death, he was the third longest serving member of the United States Senate.

Kennedy was the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Due to his long history and influence in the legislature, he became known as "The Lion of the Senate". More than 300 bills that Kennedy wrote have been enacted into law, and he was known for his ability to work with Republicans and to find compromises among Senate members with disparate views. Kennedy played a major role in passing many pieces of legislation that have affected the lives of all Americans, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, the COBRA Act of 1985, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act in 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act in 1996 and 2008, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in 1997, the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009. During the 2000s, he was a leader of several failed efforts at immigration reform. Over the course of decades, Kennedy’s major legislative goal had been enactment of universal health care, which he continued to work toward during the Obama administration.  President Obama selected Senator Kennedy to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year, the nation’s highest civilian honor.