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(28 Aug 2009)

Boston, Massachusetts - August 28, 2009
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1. Mid shot, people walking into John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
2. Close-up flowers

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3. Mid, side shot Senator Edward Kennedy's casket
4. Wide man saluting casket
5. Close-up woman with children paying respects
6. Close-up Senator Edward Kennedy's wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy hugging well wishers
7. Pull out Kennedy's sister Jean and wife Victoria hugging people
8. Pan shot from family members to casket

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9. Close-up Victoria Reggie Kennedy hugging well wishers
10. Wide shot, people lining up to go into the JFK Presidential Library and Museum
11. Various shots Kara Kennedy Allen, with her children Grace and Max, shaking hands with well wishers
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peggy Lawford, Kennedy's niece:
"It is absolutely beautiful, it is gorgeous and everybody has been coming out last night. They were out here until two o'clock in the morning and the come from so far away and it just beautiful."
10. Close-up Kennedy family members hugging
11. Close-up niece Peggy Lawford shaking hands
12. Close-up niece Robin Lawford shaking hands
13. SOUNDBITE: (English): David Ellwood, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School:
"You know he was an inspiration to so many people around the world and so it is just wonderful to be a part of that."
14. Close-up woman crying
15. Mid shot people carrying African flag

STORYLINE:

Tens of thousands of mourners paid their respects to the late Senator Edward Kennedy Friday - the congressman who was there for his constituents for nearly five decades.

For the second day, thousands of mourners lined up to pay their final respects to Kennedy as his body was in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

As mourners stood in line for as long as 2 1/2 hours, members of the Kennedy family, including some grandchildren, came out and thanked them for coming.

On hand to greet visitors at the closed-casket viewing were members of the Kennedy family, among them the senator's wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy, daughter, Kara Kennedy Allen, and nephew Tim Shriver, as well as nieces Victoria and Robin Lawford.

Kennedy's 81-year-old Jean Kennedy Smith, the senator's sister and the last surviving Kennedy sibling, also greeted visitors.

Smith, the former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, choked back tears. "This is a hard time for me," she said when asked to talk about her brother.

She was joined briefly by her son, William Kennedy Smith.

Kennedy's niece, Peggy Lawford, described the scene as "absolutely beautiful."

"It is gorgeous and everybody has been coming out last night. They were out here until two o'clock in the morning and the come from so far away and it just beautiful."

More than 21,000 people filed past Kennedy's flag-draped casket Thursday in a high-ceilinged room with spectacular views of Boston Harbour.

The library was supposed to close at 11pm (0300GMT), but the doors were left open until 2am (0500GMT) on Friday.

A five-person military honour guard stood at attention around the casket.

A private memorial for family and invited friends will be held at the library starting at 7pm (2300GMT).

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as well as Senators John McCain, Orrin Hatch and Christopher Dodd are expected to speak.

A funeral Mass is scheduled for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston on Saturday. President Barack Obama is expected to deliver the eulogy.



The family watched as the casket was loaded into a hearse for the journey to Boston.





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