The best way to correctly punctuate the sentence is:
Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year; however, he died on August 25, 2009.
This option uses a semicolon before "however" to connect two independent clauses correctly.
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Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year however he died on August 25, 2009.
Which is the best way to correctly punctuate this sentence?
Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year however, he died on August 25, 2009.
Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year; however, he died on August 25, 2009.
Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year, however, he died on August 25, 2009.
Ted Kennedy fought a brain tumor for over a year: however, he died on August 25, 2009.
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