Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of John F. Kennedy, devoted her life to supporting the mental disabled. From left are: Eunice, Jack, Joe Jr., Rosemary and Kathleen Kennedy are seated together in a boat.
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Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy pose with their nine children in Bronxville, N.Y. in 1938. From left are, seated: Eunice, Jean, Edward (on lap of his father), Patricia, and Kathleen. Standing: Rosemary, Robert, John, Mrs. Kennedy, and Joseph, Jr.
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Family members celebrate President John Kennedy's 46th birthday aboard the Sequoia. Ted Kennedy is at his right, Jackie Kennedy is second from his left, and Eunice Shriver is third from his left.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver helped to improve the welfare of the mentally disabled by founding the Special Olympics.
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Eunice Shriver runs with the ball during one of the Kennedy family's touch football games in September 1965.
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Eunice Shriver stands before the grave of her brother, the late President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 22, 1965, the second anniversary of his assassination.
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President Kennedy's plane Caroline is presented to the Smithsonian Institution in November 1967. From left: Robert F. Kennedy, S. Dillion Ripley, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Eunice Shriver.
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Eunice Shriver is seen with mentally handicapped children in Paris in 1969. Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, was on a trip to Europe preparing children for the games.
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Eunice Shriver gets a kiss from President Ronald Reagan after receiving a Medal of Freedom award in March 1984 at the White House.
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Shriver appears with Ted Kennedy at a Senate campaign event in Malden, Massachusetts in October 1994. Kennedy's wife, Vicky, and Ethel Kennedy are behind them. Shriver worked on the campaigns of brothers John, Bobby and Ted.
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A child with Down Syndrome kisses Shriver in Quito, Ecuador in June, 1996. Shriver was credited with playing a major role in changing the perception of the mentally disabled.
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Shriver attends an event at the White House for the Special Olympics with First Lady Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton in December, 1998. Since its inception in 1968, the Special Olympics has become the world's largest year-round sports training program for mentally disabled children and adults.
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Shriver poses with her Sport for Good Award during the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony in May 2000.
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Shriver attends the unveiling of "Peace Park," dedicated to her husband R. Sargent Shriver, in Anacostia in September 2001. R. Sargent Shriver was a founding director of the Peace Corps during the Kennedy administration.
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In May 2002, Shriver congratulates her son Mark K. Shriver after he participated in a Democratic debate in Rockville for Maryland's 8th District seat in Congress. Mark K. Shriver served two terms in Maryland's House of Delegates.
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Shriver attends a fundraiser with her son Mark K. Shriver and daughter Maria Shriver, a former NBC television journalist and the wife of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The event was held at the Silver Spring Hilton in June 2002.
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The newly elected California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greets his in-laws, R. Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, after delivering a victory speech in Los Angeles in October 2003.
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R. Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver walk with their daughter Maria after the dedication of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston in July 2004.
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Shriver arrives at the Golden Jubilee Gala of the Viennese Opera Ball at New York's Waldorf Astoria in January 2005. Shriver was variously described as warm-hearted, funny, intense, sympathetic and highly cerebral.
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At her birthday party in her Potomac, Maryland home in July, 2006, Eunice Shriver is surrounded by her five children, from left, Bobby, Maria, Anthony, Timothy and Mark. Seated next to her is her husband R. Sargent Shriver.
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Shriver attends a White House tribute to her work with the Special Olympics. Through her efforts, Shriver demonstrated that with help most developmentally disabled people can lead productive and useful lives.
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Shriver, finger to mouth, sits with other member of the Kennedy family as they listen to Joseph P. Kennedy during the dedication of the Department of Justice Building in honor of Robert F. Kennedy. From left to right: Pat Kennedy Lawford, wearing a necklace; Sen. Edward Kennedy; his wife, Victoria Reggie.
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Shriver with her grandchildren, Francesca Shriver, 13, Carolina Shriver, 8, and Katherine Schwarzenegger, 18, during the 20th Annual Best Buddies Ball at their home in Potomac, Md. in October 2008.
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