Ted Kennedy funeral Saturday
Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2009 | 6:20 PM
The US President Barack Obama today led tributes to Senator Edward Kennedy, who died last night from brain cancer at the age of 77.
Mr Obama described Senator Kennedy as an extraordinary leader and one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve his country.
A Democratic senator since 1962, the liberal stalwart championed issues such as education and healthcare reform.
He died at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts after being diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2008.
US media reports say his body will lie at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston until his funeral at a church in the city on Saturday.
He will then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, near to the graves of John F Kennedy and another of his brothers, Senator Robert Kennedy.