Eunice Kennedy Shriver

August 17, 1972: Eunice Kennedy Shriver gives gold medal to winner Adonis Brown for the Men's mile run, International Special Olympics (AP2007)

Nov. 10, 2006: Eunice Shriver Kennedy, founder of Special Olympics, attends an event at U.N. Headquarters in New York. (AP2006)

July 10, 2006: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, right, founder of the Special Olympics, waves from her seat as President Bush speaks at a dinner honoring the Special Olympics in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington.

Handicaped swimmer Annet Lange, left, shows to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, right, sister of former US President John F. Kennedy, and her son Anthony, center, her gold and silver medals, which she won at the Special Olympics 2003 in Ireland, during a visit of the Kennedy's to a factory where all workers are handicaped, in Berlin Wednesday, June 22, 2005. The Kennedy's are making a three-day visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)

The Kennedy family in Palm Beach, Christmas 1948. L-R: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Edward Kennedy (foreground), Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy. (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

The Kennedy Family at Hyannis Port, 04 September 1931. L-R: Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Jean Kennedy (on lap of) Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (behind) Patricia Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (behind) Rosemary Kennedy. Dog in foreground is "Buddy." (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.)

Rose Kennedy and her children, circa 1922. L-R: Rose Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy (seated in foreground), John F. Kennedy, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.

President's trip to Ireland on June 27, 1963. Reception and tea at the home of Mary Ryan, President Kennedy's second cousin. Margaret Kirwan, Jean Kennedy Smith, Josie Ryan, Mary Ryan, President Kennedy, Mary Ann Ryan, Margaret Whitty, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and other guests. Dunganstown, Ireland, Kennedy ancestral homestead. (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.)

The Kennedy Family in Hyannis Port, 1948. L-R: John F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy (kneeling). (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.)