R. Sargent Shriver dies; public servant founded Peace Corps

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R. Sargent ShriverR. Sargent Shriver, 95, an influential public servant who served as the founding director of the Peace Corps, and whose work as head of the 1960s War on Poverty resulted in the creation of Head Start, VISTA, Job Corps and Legal Services for the Poor, has died. He had Alzheimer's disease.

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