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LAUREUS SPORTS AWARDS, MONTE CARLO MONACO 2000
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Eunice Shriver Dies At 88
EUNICE SHRIVER DIES AT 88
Eunice Shriver, sister of JFK, has died at the age of 88.
The mother of Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger had been ill for some time and had been admitted to Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts after suffering several strokes.
Sister to Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, Eunice was known for her extensive work with the disabled, having founded a world movement for rights of the mentally handicapped in 1962, which would eventually develop into the Special Olympics.
All this was inspired by the predicament of her older sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was left severely mentally disabled after a prefrontal lobotomy intended to correct behavioural problems cut away vital parts of her brain.
Eunice Shriver, whose husband Sargent organized the US Peace Corps under his brother-in-law's administration, started a special camp at her home in suburban Maryland outside Washington DC in 1962.
The intention was to "explore" the capabilities of "adults with intellectual disabilities" for sports and physical activities, according to the Special Olympics' website.
In 1968, just weeks after the assassination of another brother, Robert, who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Shriver launched the first International Special Olympics Summer Games.
They attracted 1,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities from 26 US states and Canada to compete in track and field and swimming.
By 2008, the Special Olympics celebrated its 40th anniversary, drawing nearly 3 million athletes from more than 180 countries to the event that followed the regular Olympic Games in Beijing.
Shriver's influence on her brother, the former president, is credited with the push in 1963 to pass the first law in US history to protect and support the rights of the mentally disab...
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NANCY O'DELL, GREG LEMOND AND NIKI TAYLOR at HYANNISPORT CHARITY RACE, 2000
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Eunice Shriver Dies At 88
EUNICE SHRIVER DIES AT 88
Eunice Shriver, sister of JFK, has died at the age of 88.
The mother of Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger had been ill for some time and had been admitted to Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts after suffering several strokes.
Sister to Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, Eunice was known for her extensive work with the disabled, having founded a world movement for rights of the mentally handicapped in 1962, which would eventually develop into the Special Olympics.
All this was inspired by the predicament of her older sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was left severely mentally disabled after a prefrontal lobotomy intended to correct behavioural problems cut away vital parts of her brain.
Eunice Shriver, whose husband Sargent organized the US Peace Corps under his brother-in-law's administration, started a special camp at her home in suburban Maryland outside Washington DC in 1962.
The intention was to "explore" the capabilities of "adults with intellectual disabilities" for sports and physical activities, according to the Special Olympics' website.
In 1968, just weeks after the assassination of another brother, Robert, who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Shriver launched the first International Special Olympics Summer Games.
They attracted 1,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities from 26 US states and Canada to compete in track and field and swimming.
By 2008, the Special Olympics celebrated its 40th anniversary, drawing nearly 3 million athletes from more than 180 countries to the event that followed the regular Olympic Games in Beijing.
Shriver's influence on her brother, the former president, is credited with the push in 1963 to pass the first law in US history to protect and support the rights of the mentally di...
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Kennedy and Kassebaum Welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton, Washington DC, America - 29 Sept 1993
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Eunice Shriver Dies At 88
EUNICE SHRIVER DIES AT 88
Eunice Shriver, sister of JFK, has died at the age of 88.
The mother of Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger had been ill for some time and had been admitted to Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts after suffering several strokes.
Sister to Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, Eunice was known for her extensive work with the disabled, having founded a world movement for rights of the mentally handicapped in 1962, which would eventually develop into the Special Olympics.
All this was inspired by the predicament of her older sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was left severely mentally disabled after a prefrontal lobotomy intended to correct behavioural problems cut away vital parts of her brain.
Eunice Shriver, whose husband Sargent organized the US Peace Corps under his brother-in-law's administration, started a special camp at her home in suburban Maryland outside Washington DC in 1962.
The intention was to "explore" the capabilities of "adults with intellectual disabilities" for sports and physical activities, according to the Special Olympics' website.
In 1968, just weeks after the assassination of another brother, Robert, who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Shriver launched the first International Special Olympics Summer Games.
They attracted 1,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities from 26 US states and Canada to compete in track and field and swimming.
By 2008, the Special Olympics celebrated its 40th anniversary, drawing nearly 3 million athletes from more than 180 countries to the event that followed the regular Olympic Games in Beijing.
Shriver's influence on her brother, the former president, is credited with the push in 1963 to pass the first law in US history to protect and support the rights of the mentally disabled.
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Eunice Shriver Dies At 88
EUNICE SHRIVER DIES AT 88
Eunice Shriver, sister of JFK, has died at the age of 88.
The mother of Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger had been ill for some time and had been admitted to Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts after suffering several strokes.
Sister to Senator Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, Eunice was known for her extensive work with the disabled, having founded a world movement for rights of the mentally handicapped in 1962, which would eventually develop into the Special Olympics.
All this was inspired by the predicament of her older sister Rosemary Kennedy, who was left severely mentally disabled after a prefrontal lobotomy intended to correct behavioural problems cut away vital parts of her brain.
Eunice Shriver, whose husband Sargent organized the US Peace Corps under his brother-in-law's administration, started a special camp at her home in suburban Maryland outside Washington DC in 1962.
The intention was to "explore" the capabilities of "adults with intellectual disabilities" for sports and physical activities, according to the Special Olympics' website.
In 1968, just weeks after the assassination of another brother, Robert, who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Shriver launched the first International Special Olympics Summer Games.
They attracted 1,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities from 26 US states and Canada to compete in track and field and swimming.
By 2008, the Special Olympics celebrated its 40th anniversary, drawing nearly 3 million athletes from more than 180 countries to the event that followed the regular Olympic Games in Beijing.
Shriver's influence on her brother, the former president, is credited with the push in 1963 to pass the first law in US history to protect and support the rights of the mentall...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HJAZGANX
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