Sen. Kennedy Dies Exactly One Year After Historic DNC Speech

By Matt Van Hoven 

Senator Ted Kennedy died yesterday, August 25th, 2009 &#151 exactly one year after he gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of then Senator Barack Obama. This may be a stretch, but it was probably one of the best speeches in support of President Obama, and was delivered just days after he received life saving brain surgery.

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