Dee ihe ọzọ na paragraf a - Na Jenụwarị 20, 2009, onye omebe iwu Ted Kennedy nwere nkụchi obi n'oge nri ehihie nke Barack Obama
E ji ụgbọala e ji ebu ndị ọrịa buga ya ebe ahụ. Byrd, nọdụrụ na otu table, ghọrọ nsogbu n'obi na ya onwe ya bufee ya ụlọ ọrụ. Ọfịs Byrd kọrọ na ọ dị mma. Na Mee 18, a nabatara Byrd n'ụlọ ọgwụ mgbe ọ nwesịrị ahụ ọkụ n'ihi "obere ọrịa", nke ọrịa staphylococcus aureus gbatịrị. A tọhapụrụ Byrd na June 30, 2009.