Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
This was the reason for the stroke that Edward Kennedy suffered over the weekend.
Edward Kennedy, the oldest Democratic senator and brother of the late President John F. Kennedy, has brain cancer. Previously, the senator underwent a biopsy, its results allowed neurosurgeons to conclude that there is a malignant glioma in the brain. This was the reason for the stroke, which Edward Kennedy suffered over the weekend, reports Newsru.com.
The 76-year-old senator from Massachusetts, who has represented the state in Congress for over 40 years, is "cheerful and energetic," doctors say. In their statement, it appears that after hospitalization, the senator did not have recurrent symptoms characteristic of apoplectic stroke. “In general, his condition is assessed as good, he gets up and moves around the hospital complex,” the doctors said. Further treatment for Kennedy will be scheduled later, but traditionally it includes chemical and radiation therapy.
President George W. Bush, on hearing the news, immediately responded. "Laura and I are alarmed to learn about the diagnosis of our friend Ted Kennedy," - said in a statement circulated in Washington on Tuesday, quoted by RIA Novosti. Bush stressed that "Ted Kennedy is a man of tremendous courage, remarkable strength and strong spirit."
“During this difficult period, our thoughts are with Senator Kennedy and his family, and we join our fellow Americans in prayer for his complete recovery,” the White House chief said in a statement.
Senator Edward Kennedy is one of 9 children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, who gave America a whole galaxy of outstanding political and public figures, ITAR-TASS notes. Edward took over from John after the latter was elected President of the country.
The fate of many of his brothers was tragic. The eldest of the brothers - Joseph - died in a plane crash during the Second World War. John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, and Robert Kennedy, who served as Attorney General of the country and Senator from New York State, were killed in 1963 and 1968, respectively.
The curse of the Kennedy clan.
Texas, 1850. Sir McNorman's stagecoach with his wife and young daughter, racing across the prairie, approaches the state capital. Suddenly the women felt a strong jolt and realized that the horses were suddenly stopped. Two shots are fired.
- What's the matter, Bill? Lady McNorman shouts to the coachman. He doesn't answer. He's on the grass, dead. The last thing the lady and her daughter Jill see as they hurry to the wedding is the bright sun over the prairie, the last thing they hear is the loud laughter of unshaven drunken men piling on them and ripping their clothes off. "Are they still alive?" Kill them! Give me the money, every last cent,”says the only sober bandit, in a black cowboy hat, a faded red jacket and leather boots polished to a shine. The order of the patron is immediately executed. And who can disobey the boss? After all, this is Patrick Joseph Kennedy himself.
This story, told by the old-timers of Texas, seems to be the beginning of the tragic chain of events that haunt the famous Kennedy family to this day. Each next generation of the clan seems to be paying for the sins of their parents.
Buddhists would say Kennedy has bad karma. Christians call this a family curse. Which of the victims of the robber carried it out? This remains a mystery to this day with seven seals.
The plane with John F. Kennedy Jr. falls into the ocean, and at this time the faces of his grandfathers, great-grandfathers, deceased father and cousins - people who are known throughout America - sweep through John's head with cosmic swiftness.
Highway robber Patrick Joseph, who died in his prime. His son, Joseph Patrick, was involved in the illegal trade in alcohol during the Prohibition era, and at the end of his life he was paralyzed and practically speechless. Rosemary's aunt, who died in a mental hospital from an unsuccessful lobotomy in 1941, Kathleen, who died in 1948 in a plane crash. Uncle Joseph, who exploded for unknown reasons on an airplane in '44, everyone's favorite, legendary father - President John, who was killed by an assassin in '63, Robert, shot by an Arab fanatic in '68, David, Robert's son, who mistakenly took a deadly mixture of cocaine, which he was fond of, with the drug demoryl, David's brother Michael, who crashed on alpine skiing in 77.
And only David and Michael's brother Joseph is alive and well today, although in 73 he almost died in a car accident. True, his companion was then paralyzed.
Fate persecuted those with whom representatives of the Kennedy clan were associated. Jacqueline Kennedy, becoming the wife of Onassis, mourned with her husband the sudden death of his sister-in-law and the mysterious death of his first wife. Together they buried the beloved son of Onassis, Alexander. They survived the attempted suicide of Christina Onassis. Ultimately, both Jacqueline and Onassis lost everything they had.
The people of the United States recently said goodbye to President Kennedy's son, John Fitzgerald Jr. The plane in which he was flying with his wife Caroline and sister-in-law Lauren fell into the ocean.
Who from the Kennedy family will end this curse, which began in the last century? Do descendants really have to pay so tragically for the sins of their distant ancestors?