Sargent Shriver, Kennedy In-Law, Peace Corps Founder, Dies at 95
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Sargent Shriver, who married into the Kennedy family and became the founding director of the Peace Corps, the unexpected 1972 Democratic nominee for vice president and a lifelong champion of humanitarian causes, died yesterday. He was 95.
Shriver had been diagnosed in 2003 with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He lived in Potomac, Maryland. His five children, their spouses and his 19 grandchildren were with him when he died, according to a statement from the Shriver family.