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Lincoln native Ted Sorensen, top JFK aide, dies at 82

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Lincoln native Ted Sorensen, top JFK aide, dies at 82

• By DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
• Oct 31, 2010
• Oct 31, 2010 Updated Nov 2, 2010
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Former Kennedy adviser and speechwriter Ted Sorensen talks about Barack Obama and his autobiography, “Counselor,” after speaking at the Nebraska delegation breakfast at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August 2008. (WILLIAM LAUER / Lincoln Journal Star)

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This photo released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum shows President Kennedy, left, with Ted Sorensen. (AP Photo / John F. Kennedy Presidential Libary and Museum)

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In this file photo, Ted Sorensen, former special counsel, advisor and speech-writer to President John F. Kennedy, right, smiles with Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, after introducing him on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. (AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Ted Sorensen talks politics on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus in November 2008. (ROBERT BECKER / Lincoln Journal Star)

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By DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star

Ted Sorensen, the presidential speechwriter whose words forever will be etched in American history, died Sunday in New York City nine days after suffering a severe stroke.

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Former Kennedy adviser and speechwriter Ted Sorensen talks about Barack Obama and his autobiography, “Counselor,” after speaking at the Nebraska delegation breakfast at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August 2008. (WILLIAM LAUER / Lincoln Journal Star)

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In this file photo, Ted Sorensen, former special counsel, advisor and speech-writer to President John F. Kennedy, right, smiles with Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, after introducing him on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. (AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Ted Sorensen talks politics on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus in November 2008. (ROBERT BECKER / Lincoln Journal Star)

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