A file photograph dated 27 June 2007, shows US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts taking part in a press conference held by supporters of the comprehensive immigration reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
A file black and white photograph dated December 1984, and made available on 25 May 2008, shows US Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat-Massachusetts) (2R) with his arm around a Sudanese boy as he is briefed by officials along the Sudan-Ethiopian border during his visit to the famine stricken drought area. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
A file pghotograph dated 25 August 2008, shows Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts gesturing upon his arrival to deliver his address to the 2008 Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/TANNEN MAURY
A file picture dated 18 April 2008, shows US Senator Edward M Kennedy at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/CJ GUNTHER
A file photograph dated 20 January 2009, shows Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy smiling as he arrives prior to the start of the 56th Presidential Inauguration ceremony for Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States in Washington, DC, USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
A file photograph dated 07 April 2009, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy (L) and Boston Red Sox Jim Rice (R) making their way to home plate before Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the home season opening game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston Massachusetts USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/CJ GUNTHER
A file photograph dated 07 April 2009, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy preparing to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the Boston Red Sox home season opening game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become theKennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F Kennedy and senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated, has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/CJ GUNTHER
A file photograph dated 30 January 2007, shows Senator Edward Kennedy listening during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA . According to US media reports on 26 August 2009, Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of ex-President John F Kenendy died at the age of 77 on the night of 25 August 2009. EPA/STEFAN ZAKLIN
A file photograph dated 20 June 2006, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy (Democrat- Massachusetts), at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC , USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become theKennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F Kennedy and senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated, has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/STEFAN ZAKLIN
A file photograph dated 06 June 2006, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy (Democrat- Massachusetts) speaking against the proposal to add a marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution at a rally in Washington, DC, USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become the Kennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F Kennedy and senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated, has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/STEFAN ZAKLIN
A file photograph dated 27 September 2004, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) speaking during a speech to students at George Washington University in Washington, DC , USA. According to US media reports on 26 August 2009, Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, brother of ex-President John F Kenendy died on the night of 25 August 2009. EPA/Shawn Thew
A file photograph dated 27 July 2004, shows Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy speaking during the second day of the 2004 Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. According to US media reports on 26 August 2009, Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, brother of ex-President John F Kenendy died on the night of 25 August 2009. EPA/MATT CAMPBELL
A file photograph dated 07 May 2004, shows US Senator Edward Kennedy( D-MA) looking at US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as he testifies about Iraqi prisoner abuse by US forces before the Senate Armed Services Comittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC , USA. According to US media reports on 26 August 2009, Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of ex-President John F Kenendy died at the age of 77 on the night of 25 August 2009. EPA/Joe Marquette
A file photograph dated 26 June 2007, shows U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (Democrat- Massachusetts) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. USA . US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become the Kennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F Kennedy and senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated, has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/STEFAN ZAKLIN
A file photograph dated 04 February 2008, shows the then US Democratic presidential hopeful, Illinois Senator Barack Obama (L) speaking and Senator Edward Kennedy (R) applauding during a campaign event at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA. US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become the Kennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F Kennedy and senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated, has died at 77 after battling brain cancer, US news reports said on 26 August 2009. His family released a statement announcing his death late 25 August 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
