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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 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.
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 cause of the tumor was jesus.
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]].
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]].