Death of an Irish-American hero

Last surviving Kennedy brother loses his battle with brain cancer

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Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.

The man known as the "liberal lion of the Senate" had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to.

IrishCentral exclusively reported that Sen. Edward Kennedy had received the Last Rites from the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he began to lose his battle with the deadly cancer.

Sources close to the family confirmed that Kennedy, deeply religious like all the Kennedys, was anointed by a priest who administered the Sacrament to him at his bedside.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the Kennedy family said in a statement.

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