VIDEO & AUDIO Life and times of Ted Kennedy
1938
Kennedy (third from left) with his parents and four of his eight siblings at Princes Gate, London, where his father, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, was the American ambassador
circa 1962
Kennedy (centre) with his brothers, attorney-general Robert and president John F Kennedy. Both were later assassinated
July 1969
Reporters question Kennedy as he returns with his wife from the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died when a car driven by Kennedy went over the side of a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island
August 1980
Kennedy addresses the Democratic convention in New York shortly after being defeated for the presidential nomination by Jimmy Carter
August 1997
At the helm of his sailing boat off Martha's Vineyard, shortly before picking up Bill and Hillary Clinton for an afternoon sail
September 1999
Kennedy challenges Congress to raise the minimum wage during a speech in Washington
October 2007
Speaking in support of the State Children's Health Insurance Programme in Washington
January 2008
Laughing with then presidential hopeful Barack Obama during a rally for Obama at American University in Washington
May 2008
Walking out of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour
April 2009
President Barack Obama presents Kennedy with the first pen as he signs the Edward Kennedy Serve America Act, which will more than triple the number of AmeriCorp volunteers
