Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIt was 2003 and Maria Shriver had begun her tenure as first lady of California when her father, Sargent Shriver — U.S.
ambassador to France, 1972 vice presidential candidate and the first director and co-founder of the Peace Corps — was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a ravaging brain disease that, according to statistics procured from the Alzheimer’s Assn., affects some 5.8 million Americans and 50 million individuals globalwide.
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