# RIP Ted Kennedy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666 "2008-05-17T17:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/61 "2008-05-20T21:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] The whole family was skiing and playing football at the same time. Wikipedia says Michael Kennedy was filming it when he crashed. [/QUOTE] Well color me surprised. I didn’t even know you could do that. It’s like Calvinball for Massachusetts Liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/62 "2008-05-20T22:31:41Z")
I was greatly saddened when I saw the news article just now. It’s strange, actually: I’m conservative, and I’ve never liked Ted Kennedy. But I saw “malignant brain tumor” and I thought, "Man, that really sucks ☹ " I’m not a doctor of any sort, but if he’s got a brain tumor big enough to cause seizures, I’m guessing it probably won’t be long. I’m praying for him and his family. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/63 "2008-05-20T22:37:43Z")
[Senator Byrd offers moving tribute to Ted Kennedy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_Iqr45L-Q) “Ted, my dear friend Ted, I love you…” Words ripped bleeding from a grieving heart. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/64 "2008-05-21T01:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I was greatly saddened when I saw the news article just now. It’s strange, actually: I’m conservative, and I’ve never liked Ted Kennedy. But I saw “malignant brain tumor” and I thought, "Man, that really sucks ☹ " I’m not a doctor of any sort, but if he’s got a brain tumor big enough to cause seizures, I’m guessing it probably won’t be long. I’m praying for him and his family. [/QUOTE] This is exactly what I felt. ---
**Author:** ![Burton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Burton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/65 "2008-05-21T12:53:11Z")
I think they could at least have the decency to wait until he’s dead before they eulogize him 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/66 "2008-05-21T13:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=Burton] I think they could at least have the decency to wait until he’s dead before they eulogize him 24/7. [/QUOTE] Hell, I’d rather have people talk nice about me when I can actually appreciate it… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/67 "2008-05-22T03:16:55Z")
[QUOTE=Burton] I think they could at least have the decency to wait until he’s dead before they eulogize him 24/7. [/QUOTE] Reagan and Carter both got aircraft carriers named after them while they were still alive. Apparently, “mostly dead” is now close enough. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/68 "2008-05-22T03:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Reagan and Carter both got aircraft carriers named after them while they were still alive. [/QUOTE] They should have named a sub after Carter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/69 "2008-05-22T05:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] They should have named a sub after Carter. 🙂 [/QUOTE] The USS Jimmy Carter is a submarine. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/70 "2008-05-22T12:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=nivlac] The USS Jimmy Carter is a submarine. [/QUOTE] [Cool.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/71 "2008-05-22T12:50:07Z")
[Michael and Sonny were soon followed by yet another legend.](http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/013198/LD0663.shtml) \*(Doak) Walker’s accident came several weeks after the skiing deaths of two other celebrities, Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy. Bono, 62, a two-term California congressman and former pop singer and television star, died instantly from head and neck injuries Dec. 5 - at the end of a lengthy ski vacation at Tahoe. Five days earlier, Michael Kennedy, 39, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, slammed into a tree while playing football on skis in Aspen, Colo.\* Walker died later that year from those injuries. Not that it gives any insight beyond the linked articles and discussion above but, unfamiliar with gliomas, we asked a doctor friend what that mean. His all too short assessment was “He’s screwed.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666/72 "2008-05-22T13:01:37Z")
Timed out. To add… With the best care available and the well-wishes of so many streaming in from all walks, there’s some thanks to be had in the fact he can both acknowledge and appreciate what’s sure to be a continued outpouring of support and admiration. I wish him peace and comfort. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ted-kennedy/449666.md?page=3)