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Maria Shriver

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: Maria Shriver speaks during the Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC.

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About Maria Shriver

Maria Owings Shriver ( /ˈʃraɪvər/; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist and author of six best-selling books. She has received a Peabody Award, and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a "television show with a conscience". She was formerly First Lady of California as the wife of actor and then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, from whom she is now separated. She is a member of the Kennedy family (her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a sister of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward Kennedy).

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