Kennedy remembered for his service to the people.(NEWS)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | August 27, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: John J. Monahan

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the patriarch of a political dynasty spanning more than a century, died late Tuesday night, felled by brain cancer that ended a lifetime of public service marked by success and setback, disappointment and redemption.

Mr. Kennedy, the grandson of a mayor, son of an ambassador, brother to a president and the father of a congressman, died at his home in Hyannis Port, not far from the waters of the Atlantic, where he loved to sail his 50-foot schooner Mya.

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