Liberal lion loses yearlong battle with brain cancer at Massachusetts home
自由主義のライオンは、マサチューセッツの自宅で脳ガンとの一年間の戦に負ける BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.
For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, a powerful voice on health care, civil rights, and war and peace. To the American public, though, he was best known as the last surviving son of America's most glamorous political family, the eulogist of a clan shattered again and again by tragedy.
ほとんど上院の半世紀の間、ケネディは労働者階級と貧しい者のしっかりした擁護者であり、健康管理、市民権と戦争と平和の力強い声でした。アメリカの市民に、彼はアメリカの最も魅力的な政治家族の最後の生き残っている息子として最も有名でした。そして、一族の賞賛者が悲劇によって何度もくじかれました。 His family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.
彼の家族は、水曜日早くに 短い声明において、彼の死を発表しました。
"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 statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all."
“An important chapter in our history has come to an end. Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States Senator of our time,” Obama said.