Farewell, Sargent Shriver
Jan. 18th, 2011 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomSadness. Robert Sargent Shriver, who was instrumental in the creation of the Peace Corps and also founded (among other worthy organizations) Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and the Special Olympics, has passed away at the age of 95. Rest well, sir, and thank you.
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Date: 2011-01-19 12:01 am (UTC)Now there was a life worth the living.
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Date: 2011-01-19 03:23 am (UTC)He's the most famous person born in the town we used to live in (Westminster, Maryland).
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Date: 2011-01-19 03:46 am (UTC)