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Kennedy, Byrd Taken From Inaugural Luncheon

by David Welna, NPR
January 20, 2009

Sen. Ted Kennedy became ill at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Kennedy is battling a brain tumor. Meanwhile, 91-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd was also taken from the luncheon, but his staff say he is not ill.

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  • All Things Considered, January 20, 2009
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