Ted Kennedy suffers stroke
THE last surviving brother from the Kennedy political dynasty is in hospital after suffering a stroke.
Edward Kennedy, 76, was taken ill yesterday at home in Massachusetts.[>
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The US Democratic party senator, 76, has suffered back problems since a plane crash in 1964 in which the pilot and an aide were killed.[>
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He had surgery in October on a partially blocked carotid artery in his neck. Doctors said a blocked carotid artery can lead to a stroke and death.[>
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Kennedy was first elected senator for Massachusetts in 1962 and has won re-election seven times.[>
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In 1969, his companion Mary Jo Kopechne died when their car crashed off a bridge. [>
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His brothers President John and Bobby were assassinated. The eldest brother, wartime pilot Joseph Jr, was killed over southern England in 1944. [>