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Sargent Shriver (née Robert Sargent Shriver)

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Nov 9, 1915 – Jan 18, 2011(95 years)Died in:Bethesda, Montgomery County

American diplomat, politician and activist

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Occupation(4)

military officerlawyerdiplomatpolitician

Awards(8)

Grand Gold Decoration of StyriaPresidential Medal of FreedomFour Freedoms Award – Freedom from WantPacem in Terris AwardOrder of the SmileLaetare MedalChristopher AwardJames Cardinal Gibbons Medal

Spouse(2)

Eunice Kennedy ShriverEunice Shriver

Education(4)

Canterbury SchoolBrowning SchoolYale UniversityYale Law School

Sargent Shriver (* November 9, 1915 in Westminster; † January 18, 2011 in Bethesda) was an american diplomat, politician and activist. He was 95 years old. He was married to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. His education included Canterbury School, Browning School, Yale University and Yale Law School. His faith was Catholicism. He received 8 awards, including Grand Gold Decoration of Styria, Presidential Medal of Freedom. His cause of death was Alzheimer's disease. He was buried at Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery.

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Born in Westminster, Carroll County

1915

Yale University

1934

Married Eunice Kennedy Shriver

1953

until 2009

Laetare Medal

1968

Presidential Medal of Freedom

1994

Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County (Alzheimer's disease)

2011

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Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery

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Sargent Shriver (née Robert Sargent Shriver). Forever remembered.