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== Final Illness and Death ==

== Final Illness and Death ==

[[File:Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.jpg|thumb|''Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help'' where Kennedy used to pray.]]

[[File:Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.jpg|thumb|''Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help'' where Kennedy used to pray.]]

On May 20, 2008, Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which was operated upon, and he received chemotherapy and radiation treatments. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.tumor/index.html</ref>  He succumbed to the disease on August 25, 2009.  

On May 20, 2008, Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which was treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.tumor/index.html</ref>  He succumbed to the disease on August 25, 2009.  

''The funeral will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston's Mission Hill section.'' <ref> [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker Ted Kennedy's funeral planned at Boston church.] </ref> The senator's burial will be held at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Virginia]].

His funeral was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in the Mission Hill section of [[Boston]].<ref> [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker Ted Kennedy's funeral planned at Boston church.] </ref> The senator was buried beside his brothers in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Virginia]].

 

Kennedy's [[memoir]] ''True Compass'' was published three weeks after his death.

==See also==

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