88-year-old Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of both President John F. Kennedy and former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, died early this morning. She was a member of one of America's most prominent political families, but she was also the founder of the Special Olympics. Her lasting legacy will be her impact on the way we think about people with mental disabilities. We speak to Brady Lum, president of the Special Olympics.
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"I spoke to Mrs. Shriver 6 months ago and I said, 'I wish I could have been there to see some of her work in the earlier days.' And she looked at me, sternly in the face, and said, 'Brady, Special Olympics is owned by the future, not by the past.' I tell you, it shook me at the same time that it inspired me just about as [much as] anything has in my past."
—Brady Lum, president of the Special Olympics.
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