KENNEDY CURSE FINALLY GETS BROTHER TED

August 26 2009

Washington, D.C. – ­There are few families as venerable or respected as the Kennedy’s in American culture. With Presidents, captains of industry, senators, and ambassadors just some of the professions taken up by the famous family their
contributions to the American experience, though not without controversy, have undoubtedly been some of the most significant in the history of the country with only a handful of other clans marking such significant contributions to the enduring power of the most powerful nations on the planet.

With that power and success the Kennedy clan has also been burdened with the so-called ‘Kennedy Curse’ which has resulted in major tragedies for the clan, the most famous of which were the twin assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy. Now with the death of the last surviving brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, the circle has finally closed. Kennedy dies today at the age of 77 after struggling for more than a year with brain cancer. Though doctors are calling his death a natural one and a result of the malignant tumour growing in his brain, others see it as an extension of the Kennedy curse finally pulling the last of the brothers to the grave.

“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. My friend, Ted Kennedy, was famous before he was accomplished. But by the end of his life, he had become irreplaceable in the institution he loved and in the affections of its members,” said President Barack Obama, just one of the many to pay tribute to Kennedy. “Even though we knew this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread. The outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories which we have all witnessed is a testimony to the way this singular figure in American history touched so many lives.”

Kennedy of course was one of the biggest and most respected names in American politics, having served in the senate for almost forty-seven years. A plane crash and the infamous Chappaquiddick incident as well as his decades of drinking caused many to expect that the curse would have taken him much sooner than it actually did.

“Much like the Final Destination movies death seemed to be stalking Kennedy. He had decades of near misses which is either a tribute to his wile or just plain dumb luck. Either way it was almost assured that the curse would eventually take him just like it did his brothers,” said Scrape TV Political analyst Gabriel Kinsey. “Granted living to old age and dying of brain cancer isn’t quite the same thing as being assassinated or dying in a plane crash as some of the other members of the clan have gone, but gone he is. Inevitably death does catch up and this proves that it has indeed been stalking the Kennedys.”

Cancer is generally considered an unspectacular type of death, something relatively common especially amongst the elderly. It’s not clear what would have eventually killed other members of the Kennedy family had they not been killed by the curse.

“What this shows above everything else is that you truly cannot escape your destiny. The Kennedys have more success than virtually any other family in the history of the United States but they have also been afflicted with some of the worst tragedy. True some of that success led to those tragedies and others were simply amplified by their position, but whatever the reasons, they do seem cursed,” continued Kinsey. “There still are a significant number of people in the Kennedy bloodline and it will be interesting to see how they are ultimately affected by the curse. Hopefully it won’t take them getting to old age before it claims them.”

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of the Kennedy brothers, died two weeks ago at the age of 88, yet another victim of the curse.     

Edward Bastil, Political Correspondent

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