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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Shriver, one of last links to JFK White House, dies

Updated: January 23, 2012 12:23AM



R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running for office, died Tuesday. He was 95.

Shriver had been hospitalized for several days. The family said he died surrounded by those he loved.

AP

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