Friends open up about the shocking separation and what the couple mean by their "transition"
Those who were not there in the 60s and 70s, when Sargent Shriver was well known as an extraordinary member of an extraordinary family, should be duly impressed by the stories they are now hearing about his dynamic role in launching and leading both the Peace Corps, proposed by President Kennedy, and then President Johnson's War on Poverty.
Sargent Shriver, who launched the U.S. Peace Corps after marrying into the Kennedy family, has died.
"I watched children study famous people in history," Maria has said, "I always thought they should be studying my father"
R. Sargent Shriver, who was responsible for launching the U.S. Peace Corps after marrying into the Kennedy family and joining John F. Kennedy's White House, has died, according to his family.
R. Sargent Shriver, a brother-in-law to former President John F. Kennedy who was the first head of the Peace Corps, has been hospitalized in Maryland, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.
"And I'm just going to have to go on until then," Lisa Niemi says in her first public remarks since the actor's death
Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi spoke from the heart Tuesday about losing her husband just six weeks ago, telling a women's conference that the loss "is like an animal all of its own" and the sadness could be felt "on a cellular level."
In her first interview since Swayze's September 14 death, Lisa Niemi, 53, who was married to the actor for 34 years, will join Elizabeth Edwards and Susan St. James, both of whom suffered the loss of children in accidents.
With the death of John F. Kennedy's brother, Senator Edward M Kennedy, and their sister, Eunice Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics for the developmentally challenged, there has been a wealth of news stories -- obituaries and otherwise -- about the recurring tragedies endured by what some call America's "royal family."
Family and close friends of Eunice Kennedy Shriver attended a Friday morning funeral for the sister of the late President John F. Kennedy.
Maria Shriver pays tribute to her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, during a funeral Mass in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics and champion for the disabled, dies. CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports.
A public wake began Thursday afternoon for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled. Shriver died Tuesday at age 88.
A public wake will be held Thursday in Centerville, Massachusetts, for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled.
When Katy Wilson was born with Down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics, died Tuesday, the Special Olympics said. She was 88.
The sister of President Kennedy and mother of Maria Shriver was 88
Relatives of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a sister of President Kennedy, were summoned Monday to a hospital on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a source close to the family told CNN.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President Kennedy, is in critical but stable condition in a Massachusetts hospital with her family at her side, her family said Friday.
California's first lady shares the pain of Alzheimer's disease
This article is reprinted from the December 8, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of former President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, is in the hospital, said a spokesman for her daughter, California first lady Maria Shriver.
Kennedy clan member Bobby Shriver, who got involved with local politics in a fight over untidy hedges, declared himself a candidate Sunday for the City Council in Santa Monica, a Los Angeles suburb.
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