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US VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden announced overnight that his son, Beau, has died of brain cancer. He was 46.
It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.
The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words.
We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all of us, especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children.
Beau Biden was a lawyer, member of the Delaware National Guard and former attorney general of Delaware, where his father was a Senator for 36 years.
He announced last year that he was planning to run for governor of Delaware in 2016, but was hospitalized earlier this month at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The vice president’s office had declined to say what he was being treated for.
In 2010, Beau Biden suffered a mild stroke. Three years later, he underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center to remove what was described as a small lesion.
President Barack Obama said he and the first lady were grieving alongside the Biden family.
Michelle and I humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect and comfort his family here on Earth.
Biden and his two sons Beau and Hunter (45) became especially close after a tragic car accident in 1972, which killed the newly-elected Senator’s wife Neilia, and their infant daughter Naomi.
Both Beau and Hunter Biden were also injured in the crash.
Biden remarried in 1977, to Jill Biden, with whom he has a 33-year-old daughter, Ashley.
Last November, Beau Biden shared an old photo of himself and his father on Twitter, calling him “the best coach I could have asked for.”
Contains reporting by the Associated Press.
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RIp still very young
What a good actor of straight and comedy roles. RIP
Great actor I still watch Dalziel and Pascoe
I only watched him alongside Clint Eastwood in Firefox from 1982 on ITV4 last night-excellent film in which he played a memorable role. Very sad news, RIP
To soon to go Warren. Sleep easy now. R I P.
Loved him as the landlord in that classic football hooliganism film ID. RIP Mr Clarke.
Blackadder III, the Amy and Amiability sketch was a classic.
Clarke played Mr Hardwood, Amy’s father.
Mr H: “I’d rather take off all my clothes and paint my bottom blue than give her to a man who didn’t love her!
Edmund Blackadder : What self-respecting father could do more ?
H: On the other hand, if he’s a prince, he can have her for ten bob and a pickled egg.
E: I can see where your daughter gets her ready wit, sir.
H: I thank you.
E: Although where she gets her good looks and charm is perhaps more of a mystery.
H: No one ever made money out of good looks and charm.
E: You obviously haven’t met Lady Hamilton, sir.
So young so sad RIP
Rest in peace, great actor.
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