Edward Moore Kennedy

The Lion of the Senate is dead. Fighting brain cancer since May 2008, Edward Moore Kennedy could no longer win the battle dying at age 77.

We all remember Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident 40 years ago where a passenger in his car, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. He was found guilty of leaving the scene of the accident and was given a slap on the wrist. This was a defining moment for him I am sure. From that point forward, he devoted the rest of his life to public service. And he did a great job passing many major pieces of legislation with 300 of them becoming law. He constantly and consistently fought the battle for human causes.

I will miss his style, his great smile, his earlier years playing football on the lawn at his home in Hyannis Port with his brothers, being a surrogate father to 13 children after the assassinations of his brothers, John and Robert, his love for sailing and my being able to read and watch and therefore be a part of his fascinating life as depicted in the news.

A remarkable man from a remarkable family; he will be missed.