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Eunice Mary Shriver (Kennedy)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brookline, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Death: August 11, 2009 (88)
Emergency Center at Cape Cod Hospital, 27 Park St, Hyannis, MA 02601, United States, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States (stroke)
Place of Burial: 21370 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, MD, 20650, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy
Wife of Private and Sargent Shriver
Mother of Private; Private; Private; Private; Private User and 5 others
Sister of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USA; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen, Marchioness of Hartington; Patricia Helen Lawford and 3 others

Occupation: International advocate for the developmentally disabled, Activist
Managed by: Private User
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About Eunice Mary Shriver

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver

http://www.eunicekennedyshriver.org/bios/eks

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447885/

http://www.nndb.com/people/421/000027340/


Eunice Kennedy Shriver DSG (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009)[2] founded the precursor to the Special Olympics in 1962. In 1968, she helped Ann McGlone Burke popularize the Special Olympics movement across the U.S.

She was a member of the Kennedy family and actively campaigned for her elder brother, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, during his successful 1960 U.S. presidential election.

Her husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., is a former United States Ambassador to France, the founder of the Peace Corps, and was the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election.

Their daughter, Maria Shriver, is married to actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Eunice Mary Shriver's Timeline

1921
July 10, 1921
Brookline, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1930
1930
Age 8
Bronxville, Westchester, New York
1954
April 28, 1954
Chicago, Cook, IL, United States
1955
November 6, 1955
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States