Late in his illness, Mr Kennedy requested a change in the law so that the (Democratic) governor, Deval Patrick, could quickly name his replacement.
The Conservatives praised Senator Kennedy's commitment to public service and his courage in fighting his illness.
Houllier's long-awaited return to Anfield was even more emotional, taking his seat in the dug-out for the first time since his illness in the Champions League qualifier against AS Roma last month.
President Chavez, in office for 14 years, was re-elected for another six-year term in October 2012, but his swearing-in was delayed because of his illness.
With a knowledge of his subject as deep as his love for his wife Chaz, Roger Ebert will be remembered for the strength of his work, respected for his courage in the face of illness, and revered for his contribution to filmmaking and to our city.
He was virtually unknown as an artist during his lifetime, but his reputation soared in the years after his suicide at the age of 37 following years of mental illness, and his works now hang in major museums and galleries around the globe.
Mr Chavez won re-election in October, but his 10 January inauguration ceremony has been indefinitely postponed because of his illness, in a move that forced the Supreme Court to decide on the legality of the situation.
His return to work in spite of his disfigurement and his illness won him praise for his bravery.
His battle with his illness led to his decision in late August to relinquish the chief executive post at Apple.
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Mr Graham, who has been writing crossword puzzles for more than 50 years, told the paper he did not plan to make any future reference to his illness in other puzzles.
Voters may have been responding to his tenacity, in grappling with the crisis and his own illness.
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Nadal said before the claycourt tournament that he would have to be patient in his long-awaited comeback, having missed the season's opening grand slam in Australia due to an illness which delayed his preparations.
With music by Frank Wildhorn, it tells the story of a London doctor who unleashes his evil alternate personality in his quest to cure his father's mental illness.
Had the Greek from Rhodes called Memnon, who served Persia as a mercenary general (as the Spartan Clearchus had served Cyrus the Younger in his failed attempt to seize the throne from his older brother in 401) not died from illness early on in the campaign, Alexander might have been given a much tougher ride.
His decision to speak about his illness is rare in a country where few celebrities do.
Rogers had no siblings, and had lost both his parents to illness in 2000.
It has been brought in by Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, although due to illness it was introduced in the Commons by his colleague Sally Keble.
Albert Trott took 8-43 on his Ashes debut in Adelaide in 1894, but later fell prey to mental illness and took his own life.
Jackie McLean died Friday at his home in Hartford after a long illness.
Illness hampered his efforts in the early part of the season while a spill at the UGP halted his challenge there.
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His illness first manifested itself in India last year, and he later opted not to return to the sub-continent for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Mr Chavez, who has been in office for 14 years, is believed to have cancer in his pelvic area, but his exact illness has never been disclosed.
Rick Santorum ended his presidential bid in the face of long odds, slowing fundraising and another bout of illness for his youngest child, who has a chromosomal disorder.
In 1836 he married his cousin Virginia, whose illness supposedly made her more appealing to him.
This shift in childhood illness may be one reason why his research suggested a lack of knowledge on spotting underweight children and the associated medical problems, he added.
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Spain's 11-time grand slam winner has not played since injuring his knee at Wimbledon last June, and had to delay his planned comeback in Melbourne after suffering an illness in December.
Mrs Williams, who lived in Chester, had been cared for during her illness at the home of her brother Danny and his wife Sandra in Birkdale, and is survived by two children.
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He mentioned too his own illness as a baby - he'd spent weeks in an incubator - offering a good deal of his personal side, something we rarely see much of in Cardiff Bay.
The world number two was roared on by an adoring crowd, mindful of his wife's illness and the fact that four of his US Open misses have come in the New York area - at Winged Foot (2006), Shinnecock (2004) and Bethpage twice following his runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2002.
In a piece called Measles: A Dangerous Illness, published in 1986, he movingly describes the sudden death of his daughter in 1962.
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