Statement by Vice President Biden on the Passing of Sargent Shriver

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2011. 

Yesterday, as we paused to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I heard anew one of his famous calls to action. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question,” Dr. King challenged us, “is what are you doing for others?”

Sargent Shriver, who passed away today at the grand age of 95, was the living embodiment of a man who responded to that call with nearly every fiber of his being. His life…