Senator Edward Kennedy

Three days of ceremonies to commemorate US Senator Edward Kennedy begins with a family Mass at the Kennedy compound in Massachusetts.

Senator Kennedy died at home in Massachusetts aged 77 after battling a brain tumour.

People have been lining up all over the world to pay tribute to the elder statesman of the Democratic Party, and onetime potential President of the United States.

James Rowley at Bloomberg says he'll be hard to replace in the US Senate.

The Washington Post calls him 'one of the most powerful and influential senators in American history'.

Dan Kennedy writes in the Guardian that 'Depending on your point of view, Kennedy was either an icon of progressivism or an avatar of evil.'

Politics.co.uk reports on Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's tributes to Senator Kennedy here.

AP have compiled excerpts from some of his most notable speeches here.

And below, the emotional speech he gave to the Democratic Convention in Denver last year. FSN was there in force to cover the Convention and it was a remarkable moment.

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