R. Sargent Shriver in critical condition in Md.

[January 18, 2011]  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- A spokeswoman for the family of R. Sargent Shriver says the former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee was in critical condition at a hospital in Maryland.

The family said in an e-mail statement Monday attributed to spokeswoman Kirsten Seckler that the 95-year-old has been admitted at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. No other details about his ailment have been released and no more information about his condition was available late Monday. Shriver announced in 2003 that he had Alzheimer's disease.

He served as the first Peace Corps director in the administration of his brother-in-law, President John F. Kennedy. He also was Democrat George McGovern's running mate in 1972.

Shriver's wife and Special Olympics Founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver died in 2009.

[Associated Press]

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