Edward 'Ted' Kennedy: 1932 - 2009

1934: Joseph and Rose Kennedy pose with eight of their children. Front Row (l-r), Patricia, Rose and Joseph Kennedy, with baby Edward, Rosemary, Eunice, and Kathleen. The rear row is John, Jeanne, and Robert Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1962: Edward Kennedy on the Meet the Press TV series Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features

1963: Three-year-old John F Kennedy Jr salutes his father's casket in Washington three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. JFK's widow, Jacqueline, and daughter, Caroline, are accompanied by his brothers Edward, left, and Robert Photograph: AP

1967: Edward and Robert Kennedy sit together during a session of the Senate labour subcommittee in Washington Photograph: AP

1969: Edward Kennedy is escorted by troopers as he leaves court in Edgartown, after pleading guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of the accident which killed his aide Mary Jo Kopechne Photograph: AP

1972: Kennedy with the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi during Indian Independence Day ceremonies in New Delhi Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

1972: Kennedy introduces the Democratic presidential nominee, George McGovern, to the party's delegates at Convention Hall in Miami Beach Photograph: AP

1981: President Ronald Reagan and Senator Ted Kennedy Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

1984: Ted Kennedy with his arm around a Sudanese boy as he is briefed by officials along the Sudan-Ethiopian border, during his visit to the famine-stricken drought area Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

1985: Kennedy walks next to Winnie Mandela in Brandfort Photograph: Reuters

1992: Kennedy with his wife Victoria, at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

2008: Kennedy and his wife Victoria laugh as he is introduced at the 2008 Profiles in Courage award ceremony, at the John F Kennedy Library in Boston Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

2008: Kennedy waves to the crowd during day one of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Centre in Denver, Colorado Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

2008: Senator Barack Obama and Senator Edward Kennedy participate in a campaign rally in the Bender Arena at American University, in Washington, DC Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

2009: Kennedy arriving for the 56th presidential inauguration ceremony to swear Barack Obama in as the 44th President of the United States in Washington Photograph: Heinz Kluetmeier/EPA

2009: Kennedy and the Boston Red Sox's Jim Rice make their way to home plate before Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the home season opening game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park, in Boston Photograph: CJ Gunther/EPA

2009: President Barack Obama meets with Edward Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP