Ted Kennedy Biography Essay

Ted Kennedy was born, Edward Moore Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts on February 22nd, 1932 (200 years later of George Washington’s birth). Ted Kennedy was the youngest of 9. Ted grew up in a privileged, Irish Catholic family. Rose Fitzgerald, his mother, also the daughter of Boston’s mayor, John “ Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald. Joseph P. Kennedy, his father was a millionaire businessman and held many important posts in and out of government.
The family moved a lot do to the Joseph’s post. By the age of 11, Ted had already attended 10 schools. But despite being busy, Joseph would always put his family first, sending them telegrams while he was away. Ted’s family, was majority into academics, being kind of forced by their mother, Rose. During dinners sometimes, quizzes would be given to the kids on politics, history, and literature. However Ted prefered sports than academics, and sort of was behind his older siblings.Since education wasn’t a key, Ted would always find a way to steal the families spotlight. He would soon become the families jester, always cracking jokes on others. In 1941, his father secretly had his older, developmentally delayed sister Rosemary lobotomized( reduce the mental or

Three days later doctors diagnosed the senator with a malignant glioma, an especially lethal type of brain tumor. Kennedy underwent surgery on June 2. "I am deeply grateful to the people of Massachusetts and to my friends, colleagues and so many others across the country and around the world who have expressed their support and good wishes as I tackle this new and unexpected health challenge," Kennedy said in a statement released hours before the surgery began. "I am humbled by the outpouring and am strengthened by your prayers and kindness.” Kennedy stated. On August 25, 2009, Kennedy's struggle with brain cancer came to an end. He passed away in the evening at his Cape Cod, Massachusetts,