Slide Show: Ted Kennedy's Life and Legacy

The late Sen. Edward Kennedy was a fighting liberal; a passionate and exuberant lion to the very end--often among timid cubs. He will be remembered as the best and most effective senator of the last century. Kennedy helped shape virtually every major piece of legislation, with his powerful commitment to civil rights, labor rights and women's rights--always fighting for equality, always standing with the underdog, the poor, the most vulnerable, who he believed deserved lives of dignity.
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