Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te 20 o Hanuere 2009, i pāngia e te Kaunihera Ted Kennedy he mate pukupuku i te wā o te wā o Barack Obama
i te kai tuatahi, ā, i kawea atu ki roto i tētahi waka hauora. Byrd, e noho ana i te tepu ano, ka riro i te pōuri, a ka ia ia i nekehia ki tona tari. I pūrongotia e te tari o Byrd he pai ia. I te Mei 18, i uru a Byrd ki te hohipera i muri i tana wheako i te werawera na te "mate iti", i roa i te mate staphylococcus aureus. I tukuna a Byrd i te Pipiri 30, 2009.