FILE - In this May 29, 1996 file photo, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks outside the Statehouse in Boston before a bronze statue of his brother, the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, at a ceremony honoring contributors to the statue which was unveiled six years ago. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)