R. Sargent Shriver in Critical Condition in Md.

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Source: nyt/ap

Former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee R. Sargent Shriver was in critical condition Monday at a hospital in Maryland, a spokeswoman for the family said.

The 95-year-old was admitted at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda early in the day, the family said in an e-mail statement attributed to spokeswoman Kirsten Seckler.

No other details about his ailment were released and no more information about his condition was available late Monday. Shriver announced in 2003 that he had Alzheimer's disease.



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1. my mom has Alzheimer's & it's a terrible disease that will no doubt

reach every family in America with our ability to live longer. We need to know why it happens, how to prevent it and hopefully find a cure.

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2. So does mine and she has been in a nursing home for over 14 years

since she was 65. She no longer even knows who I am and has not for years. I would hate to think of her living to be 95, but then she had an uncle who lived to be 102. The last time she spent a night in the hospital is when she had my brother 52 years ago.