Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88

BOSTON — 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.

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