Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps Founder, Dies at 95

Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps founder and former Democratic vice presidential candidate who headed the 1960s War on Poverty, has died. He was 95.

Shriver, whose full name was Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., died Tuesday, his family said in a statement to CNN. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease — a cause his daughter, former first lady of California, Maria Shriver, has championed in recent years.

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"He lived to make the world a more joyful, faithful, and compassionate place," the family's statement said. "He worked on stages both large and small but in the end, he will be best known for ...
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Season 1, Episode 2
Watch 'The Alzheimer's Project: Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?' on HBO on xfinityTV.com
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Length: 01:35
Aired: 5/11/2009
Season 1, Episode 2
Ends 04/30/12. Five children--ages 6-15--talk about coping with grandparents who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease in this documentary. Maria Shriver provides commentary and delivers valuable lessons for the kids.
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Length: 30:49
Aired: 5/11/2009
Alzheimer's disease is the second-most-feared illness in America, after cancer. Is our anxiety justified? HBO presents this multi-part campaign that will try to provide the answer to that question. Featuring four HBO documentaries, 17 short supplemental films, a companion book and more, this groundbreaking project will focus on Alzheimer's, including its causes, symptoms, treatments and possible cures.
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Posted: 12/8/2011
Part 2 of 2. Go inside the labs and clinics of 25 scientists and physicians leading the fight against Alzheimer's disease in this eye-opening two-part documentary. Discover a very real reason for optimism as these leading experts seek to find out what can be done to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's better, delay the onset of memory loss, affect the changes occurring in diseased brains, and ultimately prevent it entirely.
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Length: 01:11:00
Posted: 12/5/2011
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Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps Founder, Dies at 95

Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps founder and former Democratic vice presidential candidate who headed the 1960s War on Poverty, has died. He was 95.

Shriver, whose full name was Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., died Tuesday, his family said in a statement to CNN. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease — a cause his daughter, former first lady of California, Maria Shriver, has championed in recent years.

See which celebs died last year

"He lived to make the world a more joyful, faithful, and compassionate place," the family's statement said. "He worked on stages both large and small but in the end, he will be best known for ...
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Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, May 11, 2009

Gossip Girl
8 pm/ET CW
The show takes a trip back to the totally awesome '80s as Serena's arrest prompts Lily to recall her wild and crazy youth. Flashbacks tell the tale of a teenage Lily (Brittany Snow) getting kicked out of boarding school and heading to L.A. to be with her family. No Doubt portray an '80s band and former Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy steps back into his Reagan-era duds to play Lily's dad. McCarthy won't be taking Molly Ringwald to prom, but Nate and Blair deal with their own prom problems back in the present day.

Read on for previews of House, The Big Bang Theory, One Tree Hill and The Alzheimer's Project. read more

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Premise: A multipart look at Alzheimer's disease includes profiles of people affected by the illness, as well as medical and therapeutic advancements that have been made to fight the disease.

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