Edward M. Kennedy | 1932-2009
A final farewell
At funeral Mass, Obama hails Kennedy as ‘a kind and tender hero’
Presidents and porters, dignitaries and dishwashers bade final farewell yesterday to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was memorialized inside a grand church on a crowded street in a city for which he had a boundless love. He was the “soul of the Democratic Party,’’ in the words of Barack Obama, and “my best friend,’’ in those of his namesake son. (Full article: 1626 words)
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