High-res Theodore Sorensen, best known as the chief speechwriter for former President John F. Kennedy, died Sunday.  Sorensen was given credit for drafting a letter for Kennedy to former Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis which helped avert a confrontation with the Soviets that could have led to war. “That’s what I’m proudest of. Never had this country, this world, faced such great danger. You and I wouldn’t be sitting here today if that had gone badly.” PD

Theodore Sorensen, best known as the chief speechwriter for former President John F. Kennedy, died Sunday. 

Sorensen was given credit for drafting a letter for Kennedy to former Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis which helped avert a confrontation with the Soviets that could have led to war.

“That’s what I’m proudest of. Never had this country, this world, faced such great danger. You and I wouldn’t be sitting here today if that had gone badly.”

PD