Coverage of the death of Ted Kennedy:

Time magazine: "The brother who mattered the most"

Washington Post: Reaction statements from various politicians

Comedy writer John Marshall in HuffPo:

In 1992, the first joke I ever sold, to Jay Leno, was a Ted Kennedy joke. It was about Old Ironsides, the famous warship, which had been removed from Boston Harbor, restored and put back. The punchline went It was the biggest thing in Massachusetts to hit the water since Ted Kennedy."