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- Frank Hayden, the researcher whose 1960s studies demonstrated exercise benefits for people with intellectual disabilities, died Saturday at age 96.
- His findings prompted Eunice Kennedy Shriver to found the Special Olympics on July 20, 1968.
- Hayden was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and received the Order of Canada.
- A celebration of life will be held June 19 at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in Burlington, Ontario.
