KENNEDY Ted Jr. - Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (born September 26, 1961) is the elder son of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Virginia Joan Bennett. In 1973 cancer was discovered in his right leg. The leg was amputated. On the same day this surgery took place, Ted Sr. gave his niece Kathleen away at her wedding, rushing back to the hospital afterwards. Kennedy received an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, a master's degree from Yale University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
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Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. displays grace that’s missing in politics
By Peter GelzinisSaturday, March 27, 2010
Photo by Ted Fitzgerald
EDWARD M. KENNEDY JR.: Fighting for the disabled.
The bone cancer that took half his left leg 36 years ago did a lot more than change the life of Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. It has filled him with a sense of purpose that has transcended just about all of the usual Kennedy cliches.
He came to Worcester yesterday, not as a Kennedy cousin, or a possible political heir, but as a 48-year-old disabled man who captivated a convention hall filled with people who work with the developmentally disabled.
He came to Worcester yesterday, not as a Kennedy cousin, or a possible political heir, but as a 48-year-old disabled man who captivated a convention hall filled with people who work with the developmentally disabled.
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