Father Of California's Former First Lady Hospitalized

SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) -- Former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee R. Sargent Shriver has been hospitalized outside Washington.  He is the father of the former First Lady of California Maria Shriver.

Ronna Borenstein, spokeswoman for Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., said Sunday evening she couldn't comment on the 95-year-old Shriver's condition or say when he was admitted. Borenstein said Monday morning she had no further information.

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 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.

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