Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2009, Kennedy ya halarci rantsar da Barack Obama a matsayin shugaban kasa
, amma sai ya kamu da ciwon kai a lokacin cin abincin rana nan da nan bayan haka. An dauke shi da keken guragu daga ginin Capitol sannan kuma da motar asibiti zuwa Cibiyar Asibitin Washington. Likitoci sun ce "kawai gajiya" ce ta jawo hakan. An sallame shi daga asibiti washegari, kuma ya koma gidansa a Washington, D.C.