Mr Kennedy, who drove his gathering for more than six years, took it to its best decision bring about 2005 however combat liquor abuse.
No reason for death has been given however police said it was not suspicious.
Mr Kennedy, who lost his seat in a month ago's decision, kicked the bucket at his home in Fort William on Monday. His family said they were crushed to lose a "fine man and cherishing father".
Under Mr Kennedy's authority, the Lib Dems won a record 62 seats in 2005 however he surrendered eight months after the decision in the wake of uncovering he had been accepting treatment for a long-standing beverage issue.
By Nick Robinson, BBC political editorial manager
Charles Kennedy left an imprint on British legislative issues. The man who took his gathering to its appointive top, he was the main UK party pioneer to caution the nation of the hazards of attacking Iraq when Labor and the Conservatives were uniting to bolster it.
He was additionally the main Liberal Democrat MP who couldn't force himself to vote to shape a coalition with the Conservatives.
Anyway, British governmental issues additionally left its check on him. Chosen at the time of only 23, governmental issues and the House of Commons turned into his life whilst liquor was his companion, his prop and his condemnation.
Mr Clegg, who will venture down as Lib Dem pioneer one month from now, said that at best Mr Kennedy had "more political ability in his little finger than whatever remains of us set up together".
"Charles committed his life to open administration, yet he had a surprising present for talking about governmental issues with cleverness and modesty which touched individuals well past the universe of legislative issues," he said.
"He was a standout amongst the most tender and unflappable lawmakers I have ever known, yet he was colossally gutsy as well - not slightest when he represented the nation against the attack of Iraq."
Mr Kennedy's family said in an announcement: "It is with awesome trouble, and a huge feeling of stun, that we declare the passing of Charles Kennedy.
"We are clearly crushed at the misfortune. Charles was a fine man, a skilled government official, and a cherishing father to his young child."
A Police Scotland representative said: "Cops went to a location at Fort William on Monday, June 1 to reports of the sudden passing of a 55-year-old man. Police were advised by emergency vehicle administration work force. There are no suspicious circumstances."
Mr Kennedy's political profession started in the Social Democratic Party and he turned into the most youthful MP of the time when he won the Ross, Cromarty and Skye situate in 1983 at 23 years old.
At first he was SDP representative on government managed savings, Scotland and wellbeing and when the greater part of his gathering converged with the Liberals to frame the Lib Dems in 1988, he kept on holding a progression of frontbench posts.
He assumed control over the Liberal Democrat administration from Paddy Ashdown in 1999.
Amid the 1990s, Mr Kennedy developed his profile through a progression of TV appearances, winning him the epithet, which he detested, of Chatshow Charlie.
His 2002 marriage to Camelot advertising official Sarah Gurling was seen by numerous in the gathering as a sign he was settling down.
The conception of his child in 2005 was seen as a further sign that the hard-celebrating Kennedy - one pundit had named him "Muscle head the fellow" - was being changed into a family man, despite the fact that he and his wife part up in 2010.
After his acquiescence, Mr Kennedy kept up a lower profile. He didn't assume any part in the coalition government, hosting voted against his gathering's choice to enter a partnership with the Conservatives.
Writing in May 2010, he said the tie-up with the Conservatives drove "a vital mentor and stallions through the since quite a while ago supported 'realignment of the inside left' to which pioneers in the Liberal convention, this one included, have all subscribed" following the 1950s.
'I appraised his astuteness, compassion, mankind and his cleverness'
By Brian Taylor, BBC political proofreader, Scotland
At the point when a legislator kicks the bucket, the reaction is at times predictable. Life of administration, devotion and obligation, won't see the like once more.
With Charles Kennedy, the admiration is honest to goodness - and the sensitivity colossal. All things considered, this is a man who lost his dad (who passed on in April), who lost his seat in May and who has now lost his life in June.
I initially experienced Charles when he entered the Commons as the most youthful MP in 1983, making him the Baby of the House. I was a couple of years more seasoned, a journalist at Westminster for the Press and Journal.
As the P&J range includes the Highlands, Charles was an essential contact for me. Yet, he was more. He was a mate. I evaluated his judgment, his compassion, his mankind and his funniness.
He generally struck me as somewhat expelled from governmental issues. By that, I mean governmental issues as routinely rehearsed, legislative issues in traditional structure.
As tributes to Mr Kennedy poured in from over the political range, Prime Minister David Cameron said his demise was a "grievous misfortune" for his family and for open life by and large.
"He was somebody of huge capacity," he said. "It isn't so much that regularly in governmental issues that somebody joins brains, ability, mind and sacks of mankind and Charles had those things."
Acting Labor pioneer Harriet Harman said his demise was an immense misfortune, depicting Mr Kennedy as "a delightful individual with an extraordinary acumen".
Tony Blair, who conflicted with Mr Kennedy over the previous Labor PM's choice to take the UK to war in Iraq, said he had the best of admiration for the man who had entered Parliament in the meantime as him, in 1983.
"Charles' passing is an outright disaster. He was all through his time a dazzling, real and profoundly dedicated open worker," he said.
"As pioneer of the Liberal Democrats, we worked firmly together, and he was constantly extraordinary organization, with an energetic and imaginative personality."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "Dismal stunning to hear the news about Charlie Kennedy. A flawless man and a standout amongst the most gifted legislators of his time. Gone too early."
Ruler Ashdown told the BBC that Mr Kennedy "had his devils, we all have our evil spirits, however on structure and when he was on melody Charles was the best of every one of us".
Lib Dem peer Baroness Williams depicted Mr Kennedy as a "radiant" and "enormously liberal" man who had a "major perspective" of governmental issues.
"He saw the entire world as a spot where you could work for social equity, you could work for more prominent fairness, you could work for more prominent open door for individuals like himself. He originated from a really humble foundation," she told the BBC.
'Shared foe'
Considering Mr Kennedy's fight with liquor, previous Lib Dem MP Sir Malcolm Bruce said the gathering did not handle his way out as pioneer well, telling the BBC there were times when "we trusted he was adapting to it yet he wasn't generally".
Also, Alastair Campbell, the previous consultant to Tony Blair who has handled his own particular issues with liquor, said the two men - who turned out to be close companions - confronted a "mutual foe".
"Liquor addiction is a sickness and individuals ought to ponder that," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "Charles battled with it and I believe its harder to battle with it in case you're in the general population eye - and here and there he was winning the battle and some of the time he was losing the battle.
"At the same time, through it all he was fundamentally the same fellow - warm, extremely interesting, exceptionally captivating, great with individuals and extremely principled."
Tributes will be paid to Mr Kennedy in Parliament on Wednesday after Prime Minister's Questions, Commons Speaker John Bercow said, commenting that he had been an "incredible parliamentarian".
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