Article: Sen. Kennedy Delivers JFK Jr. Eulogy

RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-24-1999
Sen. Kennedy Delivers JFK Jr. Eulogy

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a heartbreakingly familiar scene, John F. Kennedy Jr. was eulogized Friday as a free spirit who carried the torch of America's first family of politics with unusual ease and grace and -- like his father -- ``had every gift but length of years.''

``He was a boy who grew into a man with a zest for life and a love of adventure,'' said Sen. Edward Kennedy, JFK Jr.'s uncle. ``He was a pied piper who brought us all along. ... He had a legacy, and he learned to treasure it. He was part of a legend, and he learned to live with it.''

Kennedy's life was cut in half, the senator told ...

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