McCain died exactly nine years after Ted Kennedy.

[BlueStater]

Kennedy died on August 25, 2009. McCain died on August 25, 2018. They were both famous senators and they both died of the same illness.

What a weird coincidence.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. And they both were different as night and day; Kennedy was the lion of the Senate, the other a snake

... like all Rethugs.

[smirkymonkey]

2. This is the first I have heard of this.

I am truly sorry to hear of his passing. I did not agree with his policies, but I admired his integrity.

[CountAllVotes]

3. I remember he gave advice to Ted

This was towards the end for Ted.

The two had a mutual respect for one another which is a lot more than I can say about what I see these days -- disgraceful and disrespectful.

[elleng]

4. More coincidences:

'Local and national newspapers were also quick to report after Monroe’s death that they thought his July 4th passing was a “remarkable” coincidence, at the least, since Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826 – the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.'

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/three-presidents-die-on-july-4th-just-a-coincidence