Photo: #In a Sept. 27, 2004 file photo Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, delivers his speech about the effect of the war in Iraq on America's security at George Washington University in Washington. Kennedy has died after battling a brain tumor his family announced early Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009.(AP Photo/File)
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In a Sept. 27, 2004 file photo Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, delivers his speech about the effect of the war in Iraq on America's security at George Washington University in Washington. Kennedy has died after battling a brain tumor his family announced early Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009.(AP Photo/File) (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)

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Ted Kennedy, the 'liberal lion,' dies at 77

Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/26/2009, 9:40 a.m.

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Midmorning looks at the life and the long political career of the Senator Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday night at the age of 77.

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  • Julian Zelizer: Professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University.
  • Janet Heininger: Senior reseacrh associate for the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs.

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