The Muses Behind the Music
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Lucy of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" just died, but whatever happened to Peggy Sue, Sweet Caroline, Delilah, and Mozart's Elise?
10 Touching Tributes from the Kennedy Services
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Friends and family gathered in Boston this weekend to honor Ted Kennedy with stories of the senator's fierce determination. Watch tributes from those who knew him best.
'Our Teddy Changed America'
Adam Clymer is a former Chief Washington Correspondent of the New York Times and author of Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography.
Friends and colleagues gathered in Boston last night to celebrate the late senator's ideals, roast his misadventures-and thunder for health-care reform.
Mourning the Kennedys
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As America's royal family says farewell to its patriarch, a look back at the iconic photos of the Kennedys' strength and unity in their darkest hours.
Intimate Photos of the Kennedy Family
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View our gallery of the Kennedy clan, from ski holidays and picnics to the White House and wedding days.
Who Will Give Teddy's Eulogy?
Thurston Clarke has written ten books, including The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America (a New York Times bestseller), California Fault (a New York Times Notable Book) and Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America. His articles have been published in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
For decades, it has been a family tradition for the Kennedy brothers to eulogize their fallen siblings-John did it for Joe Jr., Bobby did it for John, and Teddy did it for Bobby. Now that the last brother has passed away, Kennedy biographer Thurston Clarke picks the perfect relative to bid farewell to the Lion of the Senate.
The Best of Jackie O
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On what would have been her 80th birthday, the Daily Beast celebrates the life and inimitable style of an American icon. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
A 7-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier stands scarcely taller than the family dog, King Phar, during the 35th-annual dog show at the Long Island Kennel Club.
Walter Cronkite 1916 - 2009
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Celebrated newsman Walter Cronkite, died today at age 92. Recruited for CBS in 1950 by Edward R. Murrow himself, Cronkite's long career spanned the Cuban missile crisis, the assassination of President Kennedy, and Watergate. VIEW OUR GALLERY and WATCH VIDEO from his powerhouse career.
A baby John F. Kennedy Jr. is held by his parents, Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy at his Baptism. He was just just shy of his thi...
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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