Eunice Kennedy Shriver | |
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| Born | Eunice Mary Kennedy July 10, 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 2009 (aged 88) Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Burial place | St. Francis Xavier Parish Cemetery, Centerville |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Relatives | Kennedy family (by birth) Shriver family (by marriage) |
| Website | eunicekennedyshriver |
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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver DSG (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) was an American philanthropist.[1] Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States Ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. She was a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith.
Shriver was the founder of the Special Olympics, a sports organization for persons with intellectual disabilities. For her efforts on behalf of disabled people, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.
- ^ Jackson, Harold (August 11, 2009). "Eunice Kennedy Shriver – Obituary". The Guardian.