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- Full name: Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
- Born: July 10, 1921
- Place of Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts
- Fifth child of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy
- Sister to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy
- Graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Sociology
- Married Sargent Shriver on May 23, 1953
- Only living woman whose portrait appears on a US coin, the 1995 commemorative Special Olympics Silver Dollar http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/coin...
- January 28, 2008: present at American University when Senator Ted Kennedy announced his endorsement of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
- Congress renamed the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in 2008
- Died: August 11, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massach...
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the sister of President John F. Kennedy. On August 7, 2009, the 88-year-old Shriver was hospitalized at a Cape Cod, Massachusetts hospital.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-eunice-kennedy-shriver,1,1053608.story She passed away on August 11.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/11/eunice_kennedy_shriver_88_member_of_kennedy_clan_founder_of_special_olympics/
Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics in 1968.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9136962
Children
- April 28, 1954: Robert Sargent Shriver III, former part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles
- November 6, 1955: Maria Owings Shriver, TV anchorwoman and wife of California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- August 29, 1959: Timothy Perry Shriver, Chairman of the Special Olympics
- February 17, 1964: Mark Kennedy Shriver, Democratic member of Maryland's House of Delegates (1995-2003).
- July 20, 1965: Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver, activist for the developmentally disabled and chairman of Best Buddies International, a friendship program for people with intellectual disabilities
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Notable deaths in 2009 include King of Pop, politicians, Nobel Prize winner
Edward M. Kennedy and his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver were born into America's pre-eminent political family and spent decades living up to its tradition ... (December 14, 2009)Patriot-News (blog) -
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His father, Sargent Shriver, became a prominent Washington philanthropist, and his late mother, Eunice Kennedy — Ted's sister — founded the Special Olympics ... (December 12, 2009)Times Online -
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... organizer who helped expand the Napa Valley's Special Olympics program, garnering a meeting in Washington with program founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. ... (December 13, 2009)San Francisco Chronicle -
Selena Roberts: Eunice Kennedy Shriver is my Sportsman of the Year
And this is what Eunice Kennedy Shriver accomplished as the founder of the Special Olympics movement during a robust life of advocacy that ended with her ... (November 25, 2009)CNN
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Why was Eunice Kennedy hospitalized? 4 AnswersEunice Kennedy, a well known person for the disabled, was in a critical condition at the Massachusetts hospital on Friday. It has been reported that she was suf... read more -
What does Eunice Kennedy Shriver five kids do for a living? 1 Answershort : 1 Robert Sargent Shriver III = Journalist, Attorney, Politician 2 Maria Owings Shriver = Journalist, Author 3 Timothy Perry Shriver = Chairman and CEO... read more -
How will you best remember Ted Kennedy? 14 AnswersUnfortunately I never met the man, (Not that I can recall anyway) . (Although I would have liked to) Some in the North eastern climate coalition have evilly w... read more
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Lost in 2009: Michael Jackson, Billy Mays (pitchman), Karl Malden, Walter Cronkite, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patrick Swayze, more...
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Such a great woman RT @MzSelinaKyle "Injustice is not as smart as a collective imagination that gathers to defeat it" Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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RT @SOSoCal: My Sportsman: Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Great article and she should be everyone's sports hero. http://bit.ly/78xQVV @SI_24Seven
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