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Mourners Pay Tribute To Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Aug. 13, 2009
Special Olympians, dignitaries and ordinary citizens gathered Thursday to pay their respects to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics.
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HYANNIS, Mass., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people came to a Massachusetts church Thursday to remember Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, who died Tuesday.
Kennedy to miss Medal of Freedom awards

Kennedy to miss Medal of Freedom awards

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., did not attend Wednesday's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House, a spokesman said.
Obama recalls Shriver work with disabled

Obama recalls Shriver work with disabled

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama said Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sibling of a president and two senators, would be remembered for her work on behalf of the mentally disabled.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver dead at 88

Eunice Kennedy Shriver dead at 88

HYANIS, Mass., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, younger sister of President John Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday in a hospital in Massachusetts. She was 88.

Eunice Shriver 'minute-to-minute'

HYANNIS, Mass., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Family members of Eunice Kennedy Shriver gathered Monday at her bedside in a Massachusetts hospital, where she remained in critical condition.
Eunice Shriver in critical condition

Eunice Shriver in critical condition

BOSTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver was in critical but stable condition in a Cape Cod, Mass., hospital, her family said Friday.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospitalized

MIAMI, March 26 (UPI) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics founder and a member of one of the most prominent U.S. political families, was hospitalized in Miami.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospitalized

BOSTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver is hospitalized in Boston with an undisclosed illness, The Boston Globe reported Sunday.

Family taught Maria Shriver political rope

LOS ANGELES, April 29 (UPI) -- Maria Shriver said she learned how to be California's first lady by watching her uncle Robert Kennedy support his brother's presidential administration.

Schwarzenegger: I want to give back

CHICAGO, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger says he decided to get into politics because he felt he had to "give something back" to America.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch