U.S. Senator Ted (Edward M.) Kennedy – known as the “Liberal Lion”, and youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Bobby (Robert F.) Kennedy – has just passed away in Massachusetts from his fight with brain cancer. This death is roughly two weeks after his sister Eunice Shriver Kennedy passed away at 88.

Senator Kennedy has been a long-term senator and recently an active supporter of President Barack Obama as well as healthcare reform. President Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom this month. His death leaves only one remaining sibling from the legendary Kennedy clan – the Senator’s older sister Jean Kennedy.