 Sorensen, his wife, and one of their two sons, Christian, all became ordained ministers and the youngest son David followed in his parents footsteps and worked behind the scenes in the entertainment industry.He married Jacqueline May in September 1957; she died on November 14, 2002.Sorensen died on July 17, 2008, in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, at the age of eighty-two.