‘He never forgot the little guy’

THE world remembers Senator Edward Kennedy for his passionate liberalism, legislative skill and stewardship of a political dynasty.

‘He never forgot the little guy’

Kevin Larson recalls a McDonald’s lunch.

A decade ago, Mr Kennedy hosted Mr Larson’s two sons, aged six and four, to thank them for returning a lost diamond ring they had found at a playground. Mr Larson remembers his boys bounding past a reception area filled with important people in suits to McDonald’s meals Mr Kennedy’s staff had waiting for them in his office.

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