Maria Shriver’s Father, Sargent Shriver, Dies at 95
The country’s greatest political dynasty lost one of its last, most warmly regarded figures Tuesday. Sargent Shriver, perhaps best known now as the father of Maria Shriver, died at age 95 after a years-long decline due to Alzheimer’s. “Our dad, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., lovingly known as ‘Sarge,’ today went to heaven to join the love of his life, our mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. He was surrounded by his five children, five children in-law, and his 19 grandchildren,” the family said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.
He deeply supported the civil rights movement throughout his life. He played a key role in integrating Chicago schools in the 1950s, and encouraged John F. Kennedy, Jr. to support Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s. First and foremost, Sarge was a public servant – to his country, to the world and to his family. Throughout his life, he challenged Americans to serve. Now, with his passing, Sarge challenges us again – to serve, serve, serve.
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