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Ben Pershing (2009-01-21). "Kennedy, Byrd the Latest Victims of Wikipedia Errors". Washington Post.
Stephen Foley (2009-02-03). "Is Wikipedia cracking up?". Irish Independent.
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Roger Kimball (August 26, 2009). "Some important lessons from Ted Kennedy". Pajamas Media.

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Section size for Ted Kennedy (29 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	8,133	8,133	507	507
Early life and education	5,435	5,435	400	400
College, military service, and law school	9,413	9,413	722	722
Family and early career	10,409	10,409	888	888
U.S. Senate (1962–2009)	30	142,455	0	9,988
First years, brothers' assassinations	15,439	15,439	1,024	1,024
Chappaquiddick incident	3,755	3,755	376	376
1970s	28,449	28,449	1,844	1,844
1980 presidential campaign	10,443	10,443	812	812
1980s	24,588	24,588	1,723	1,723
Early 1990s	13,857	13,857	1,317	1,317
Late 1990s	5,638	5,638	528	528
2000s	12,001	12,001	960	960
Obama, illness	28,255	28,255	1,404	1,404
Death	1,477	22,471	84	969
Reaction	5,760	5,760	213	213
Funeral services	5,735	5,735	291	291
Aftermath	9,499	9,499	381	381
Political positions	6,043	6,043	306	306
Cultural and political image	16,063	16,063	907	907
Awards and honors	420	420	44	44
Electoral history	65	65	0	0
Writings	1,802	1,802	0	0
See also	371	371	0	0
References	15	2,639	0	0
Citations	34	34	0	0
Print sources	2,590	2,590	0	0
Further reading	4,779	4,779	0	0
External links	6,827	6,827	0	0
Total	237,325	237,325	14,731	14,731

Novelty recording: Convention '72 by The Delegates

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Notice he was approached by McGovern regarding the Democratic VP nomination in 1972. The recording depicts Ted Kennedy as some sort of superstar waiting in the wings; in its use of popular-song excerpts, it uses spoken "I am the Magnificent" in reference to Ted Kennedy, but as we well know, he'd had the Chappaquiddick incident by then.

The song using "I am the Magnificent" is Double Barrel.

Carlm0405 (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

Kennedy bros.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 12:23, 27 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

I replaced the image with the free alternative; though looking at it now that might've been a mistake. The image is dated to 1963 (or when JFK was president) but the section is explicitly about his pre-Senate career (or pre-1961). I suppose the caption could be changed to better reflect this, but this one may not be a simple find-and-replace. John Kinslow (talk) 08:45, 16 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Mary Jo

Latest comment: 8 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Ted absolutely is the sole reason that Mary Jo Kopechne is dead. The circumstances surrounding this incident are very odd. I do not see that anywhere but it feels like it should be largely included. ~2025-32290-48 (talk) 01:24, 9 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

You do not see the name "Mary Jo Kopechne" in the second paragraph of the article, or the entire section Ted Kennedy#Chappaquiddick incident? – Muboshgu (talk) 01:40, 9 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2025

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In the second sentence of the second paragraph of this article, please clarify that he was elected to the Senate in the special election. E.g. change "...to fill the vacant seat..." to "...to fill the vacant Senate seat..." Oncetherewasabear (talk) 07:24, 21 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done Day Creature (talk) 17:42, 21 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Please link Lauren Bessette's page as she is mentioned but not linked in parts of this article. ~2026-16764-54 (talk) 23:47, 17 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done she has been linked within "Late 1990s". SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:07, 18 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Novelty recording: Convention '72 by The Delegates

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