Atlanta, GA 8/14/2009 6:22:38 AM
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Public Wake for Eunice Kennedy Shriver Held Thursday Night

The public wake for Eunice Kennedy Shriver was held Thursday at Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church on Cape Cod.

 

Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday at Cape Cod Hospital at the age of 88.

 

Those who came to mourn her passing were greeted by one of her 19 grandchildren, her daughter, current First Lady of California and former NBC newscaster Maria Shriver, and her nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Oprah Winfrey and Cardinal Sean O'Malley were among the mourners at the wake.


Vice President Joe Biden will be in attendance Friday at the funeral, which will be held at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Hyannis.

 

Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy, was survived by her five children and 19 grandchildren. Ted Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith are her only living siblings.

 

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