Edward Kennedy
Salute to Ted Kennedy, a supporter of our 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
We, the people of Bangladesh, have expressed deep shock at the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a most valiant supporter of our Liberation War. He died of brain cancer on August 25, 2009, at the age of 77, at his home in Massachusetts, USA.
American President Barak Obama has honoured him as the LION of the Senate who served as a brilliant Senator for about forty years.
Senator Edward Kennedy visited refugee camps in West Bengal in India during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He became one of the first international leaders to visit Bangladesh after our independence.
As a keen autograph-hunter (non-facsimile), I got a golden opportunity to receive the autographs of the three Kennedy brothers. Assassinated President Mr. John F. Kennedy wrote a letter to me, dated December 27, 1960, in reply to my letter, congratulating him on his presidential election victory. Two brothers, assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his youngest brother Senator Edward M. Kennedy, sent their autographs jointly in 1962.
I have been collecting autographs since 1958 during early school-life, and have already collected autographs of more than three thousands eminent personalities of the World, including seven American Presidents.
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