Rosemary Kennedy and Lobotomy
Reaction to the death of JFK sister, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy ShriverReaction to the death of JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Tuesday at age 88: Text of Obama Shriver statementWASHINGTON — Text of President Barack Obama’s statement on the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver leaves 2 surviving Kennedy siblingsJoseph Kennedy, the millionaire businessman and one-time ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Rose, had nine children. Three became senators and one a president. Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. Spokesman: Eunice Kennedy Shriver in critical condition at Mass. hospital, family at her sideBARNSTABLE, Mass. —Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a sister of President John F. Kennedy and a longtime champion for the disabled, was in a Massachusetts hospital with family at her side. |