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Political Figures Who Made Their Last Farewells in 2010
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyPolitics is many things, including an endless series of introductions and goodbyes. In 2010, death brought the final farewell to political figures whose careers crossed more than six decades. Here are some of them. Click below to scroll through the photo gallery: http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=968344&pid=968343&uts=1293490419 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Political Figures Who Died in 2010 ...
Remembering Theodore Sorensen
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 1) -- Theodore Sorensen, former speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, died Sunday at 82 from complications from a stroke he suffered a week ago. Sorensen drafted Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech, in which the president famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Sorensen is also credited with drafting a letter from Kennedy to Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev in 1962 that helped resolve the Cuban missile crisis. The memories from friends and other admirers have begun to pour in. Here's The Atlantic's James Fallows, former ...
JFK Speechwriter Theodore Sorensen Dies
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyTheodore Sorensen, best known as the chief speechwriter for former President John F. Kennedy, died Sunday from complications stemming from a stroke he suffered a week ago, according to his widow, Gillian Sorensen. Sorensen, 82, was not only Kennedy's speechwriter but one of his most trusted advisers. While Kennedy is remembered for the 1961 inaugural address in which he declared, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," Sorensen became known, too, for his part in drafting the speech. Sorensen's title in the White House was "special counsel," but the ...
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