Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88

Published: 12 August 2009 y., Wednesday
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- the sister of former President John F. Kennedy -- died early Tuesday morning.

Shriver emerged from the powerful male-dominated Kennedy family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled.

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