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CBS News Logo CBS News. Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001, during a Washington news conference in the Capitol. Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has brain tumor, condition discovered after he had seizure.
Sen. Ted Kennedy died late Tuesday of a brain tumor at age 77. (CNN) -- When cancer invades the brain, the prognosis is usually grim. Despite his treatment at highly regarded medical centers, Edward Ted Kennedy, who served as a Democratic senator from Massachusetts for nearly 47 years, died just over a year after his surgery. Kennedy suffered a seizure May 17, 2008, while walking his dogs at his home in Hyannis Port.