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Sander Vanocur ( / ˌ v æ n ˈ oʊ k ər / ; born Alexander Vinocur , January 8, 1928 – September 16, 2019) was an American television journalist who focused on U.S. national electoral politics, primarily for NBC News and ABC News .

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66-542: First Tuesday may refer to: First Tuesday - a monthly NBC newsmagazine television program (1969 to 1973) first hosted by Sander Vanocur First Tuesday (documentary strand) - a monthly British current affairs television documentary strand First Tuesday (networking forum) - a London-based networking forum First Tuesday Book Club - an Australian book discussion television programme See also [ edit ] Election Day (United States) , often but not always held on

132-859: A bachelor's degree in political science from the Northwestern University School of Speech (1950) and studied at the London School of Economics (1951–1952). He became an intelligence officer in the United States Army for two years with service in Austria and Berlin, and achieved the rank of first lieutenant. After service in the Army, he began his journalism career as a reporter on the London staff of The Manchester Guardian and also did general reporting for The New York Times . Described as "one of

198-542: A speech in Indianapolis, saying: What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. ... let us dedicate ourselves to what

264-561: A "cheap bid for attention". The items and Kennedy's clothing were removed from the exhibit, with the LAPD apologizing to the Kennedy family. The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Archives of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth contains a large collection of materials on the assassination. In 2006, American filmmaker Emilio Estevez wrote and directed the film Bobby . He attempted to recreate

330-715: A "de-facto Chief of Staff, Presidential Agent and Intermediary for his brother" and was an "indispensable partner" in its successful resolution. In November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated , and Robert was deeply affected by it. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency and retained almost all prominent Kennedy advisors, including Robert as attorney general. In 1964, polls showed that various Democrats wanted Kennedy to be Johnson's running mate in that year's presidential election . Kennedy instead organized his senatorial campaign in New York , challenging Kenneth Keating , an incumbent Republican senator. During

396-483: A 2023 episode of Club Random , Kennedy Jr. asserted that Sirhan was not the shooter who killed his father. Kennedy Jr. named Eugene Thane Cesar —a security guard at the time—as the man who fired four shots from behind, one of which killed Kennedy: "Sirhan was a distractor, and the real shooter was behind my father". Kennedy Jr. further cited the Noguchi autopsy which noted that his father suffered four contact wounds from

462-560: A U.S. senator from Minnesota, then emerged as the leader of the "Dump Johnson" movement and entered several state presidential primaries. In late January 1968, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam , in the view of historian Lloyd Gardner , "shattered hopes that the war could be won within a reasonable period of time—if ever—and broke open the cracks in the Democratic coalition". On March 12, 1968, in

528-523: A campaign speech, Kennedy declared his support for Israel, stating that in the event of an attack, "we will stand by Israel and come to her assistance". He won the election; during his congressional career, he supported civil rights and opposed Johnson's policies regarding the Vietnam War . The 1968 presidential campaign has been referred to as one of the most volatile campaigns in American history. There

594-580: A court brief in District Court in Los Angeles, claiming that a second gunman fired the shots that killed Kennedy. It was the fourth in a series of federal briefs filed under habeas corpus by Pepper and Dusek, beginning in October 2010. In 2015, Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell denied the petition. During Sirhan's 2016 parole hearing, Paul Schrade, who was shot and wounded on the assassination night, asserted that

660-448: A kitchen hallway, he was mortally wounded by multiple shots fired by Sirhan. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital nearly 25 hours later. His body was buried at Arlington National Cemetery . Sirhan, a Palestinian who held strong anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian beliefs, testified in 1969 that he killed Kennedy "with 20 years of malice aforethought"; he was convicted and sentenced to death. Due to People v. Anderson , his sentence

726-599: A passageway narrowed by an ice machine and a steam table to the north. Kennedy turned to his left and shook hands with Juan Romero, just as Sirhan Sirhan stepped down from a low tray-stacker beside the ice machine, rushed past Uecker, and repeatedly fired an eight-shot .22 Long Rifle caliber Iver Johnson Cadet 55-A revolver at point-blank range. Kennedy fell to the floor; others, including writer George Plimpton and Grier, tried to disarm Sirhan, as he continued firing his gun in random directions. Five other people were wounded: William Weisel of ABC News , Paul Schrade of

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792-512: A second." Juan Romero Kennedy's assassination was one of the four major assassinations in the United States in the 1960s , the others being those of John F. Kennedy (1963), Malcolm X (1965), and Martin Luther King Jr. (1968). Some scholars view the assassination as one of the first major incidents of political violence in the United States stemming from the Arab–Israeli conflict in

858-462: A television writer for The Washington Post . He joined ABC News in 1977 and worked there until 1991, holding various positions, including chief diplomatic correspondent , senior correspondent in Buenos Aires , and anchor for Business World , the first regularly scheduled weekly business program. He covered the 1997, 1998, and 1999 World Economic Summits and was chief overview correspondent during

924-706: Is a television news reporter and a former news anchor in the Salt Lake City television market. After Edith's death in April 1975, Vanocur married Virginia Backus Wood on December 19, 1975. Vanocur died from complications of dementia at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, California , on September 16, 2019, at the age of 91. Vanocur was parodied by Bob Elliott as national newscaster Sandy Van Andy in another 1971 comedy film Cold Turkey . Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy

990-409: Is becoming more and more of an unshakable obsession. RFK must die. RFK must be killed." Due to Sirhan being a non-citizen, it was illegal under California law for him to purchase firearms. He violated three California laws by possessing the pistol he used to kill Kennedy. Loren Coleman suggested that the date of the assassination is significant because it was the first anniversary of the start of

1056-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sander Vanocur Vanocur was born in Cleveland, Ohio , the son of Rose (Millman) and Louis Vinocur, a lawyer. His family was of Russian Jewish descent. Vanocur moved to Peoria, Illinois when he was twelve years old. After attending Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois , he earned

1122-756: The California State Archives in Sacramento, for permanent preservation. Kennedy's blood-stained shirt, tie, and jacket are in the possession of the Los Angeles County District Attorney . In 2010, controversy arose when Kennedy's clothing was transported to the California Homicide Investigators Association conference in Las Vegas, where they were included in a temporary public display. Max Kennedy called it

1188-462: The Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. When Sirhan was booked by police, they found in his pocket a newspaper article that discussed Kennedy's support for Israel; Sirhan later said that he began to hate Kennedy after learning of this support. Sirhan was convicted of Kennedy's murder in April 1969, and was sentenced to death. In 1972, the sentence was commuted to life in prison with

1254-727: The TV movies Without Warning (1994) and Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997). Vanocur served as television presenter in two of the History Channel 's primetime series: Movies in Time and History's Business . Vanocur provided narration and further historical material for an expanded audiobook release of the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debates . Vanocur married his first wife, fashion designer Edith Pick, on March 3, 1956, and they had two sons, Nicholas and Christopher Vanocur . Christopher

1320-763: The United Automobile Workers union, Democratic Party activist Elizabeth Evans, Ira Goldstein of the Continental News Service, and Kennedy campaign volunteer Irwin Stroll. A minute later, Sirhan wrestled free and grabbed the revolver again, but others grabbed him. Barry went to Kennedy and placed his jacket under Kennedy's head. As Kennedy lay wounded, Romero cradled his head and placed a rosary in his hand. Kennedy asked Romero, "Is everybody OK?"; Romero responded, "Yes, everybody's OK." Kennedy then turned away and said, "Everything's going to be OK." The moment

1386-527: The assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts , in 1925. In 1948, he visited Palestine and wrote six dispatches for The Boston Post . He dismissed the possibility of the Jewish state becoming communist as "fantastically absurd", and called it the "only stabilizing factor remaining in

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1452-546: The 1980 and 1984 presidential elections. In 1984, Vanocur moderated the vice presidential debate between incumbent George H. W. Bush and Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro . He was also one of the questioners in the 1992 presidential debate. Vanocur played fictional versions of himself as a broadcast journalist in theatrical films The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Raise the Titanic (1980), Dave (1993), and Street Fighter (1994). He also appeared as himself in

1518-525: The Democratic candidate was shot, reported on the incident from The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California , for the entire night. Kennedy died the following day at Good Samaritan Hospital . On the final night of the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , during a convention-wrapping Thursday night round-table discussion with his fellow NBC floor reporters in the vacated folding chairs on

1584-458: The Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people. In April, Vice President Hubert Humphrey announced his candidacy for the presidency . He mostly avoided primaries and focused on states which held caucuses. Contrary to Kennedy, Humphrey did not publicly oppose

1650-457: The Kennedy administration, Vanocur was one of the first reporters to publicly ask Kennedy to justify the failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion . Vanocur also dubbed Kennedy's coterie the "Irish mafia." Later, Vanocur covered the 1968 United States presidential election in which United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated . Vanocur, who had interviewed Kennedy on June 4, 1968, shortly before

1716-470: The Middle East. Until 1987, the LAPD retained the original files, reports, transcripts, fragments of the bullets that struck Kennedy and the four other bystanders in the kitchen pantry, the .22 caliber Iver-Johnson handgun used by Sirhan, Kennedy's blood-stained clothes, and other artifacts related to the assassination. In 1987, the LAPD donated the entire evidence collection (except for Kennedy's clothes) to

1782-483: The New Hampshire Democratic primary, McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson with 42 percent to Johnson's 49 percent of the votes. Four days later, Kennedy announced his presidential campaign. On March 31, Johnson announced that he would not seek the presidency. Four days later, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated , leading to further riots in several cities. The same day, Kennedy gave

1848-477: The United States. He was unhappy with immigrating to the United States, later saying that "the U.S. was against the Arabs and was friendly with Israel, and a friend of my enemy is my enemy". Once in the United States, Sirhan received above-average grades and joined an officer candidate school . During his late-teenage years, Sirhan's father abandoned the family, his sister died, two of his brothers were arrested, and he

1914-658: The Vietnam War. The California presidential primary elections were held on June 4, 1968. Polls by CBS showed Kennedy leading by 7 percent. The statewide results gave Kennedy 46 percent to McCarthy's 42 percent. Kennedy also won the South Dakota primary, winning approximately 50 percent of the vote. Author Joseph Palermo referred to the victory as Kennedy's "greatest". He was now in second place with 393 + 1 ⁄ 2 total delegates, against Humphrey's 561 + 1 ⁄ 2 delegates. At approximately 12:02 a.m. PDT

1980-468: The age of four, he and his father narrowly escaped a bomb explosion during the 1948 Palestine war . This incident, according to author Mel Ayton , "had a psychological effect on young Sirhan". He witnessed various other violent incidents during his childhood, including physical abuse by his father and the death of his older brother at the hands of a military truck that was trying to avoid sniper fire. In late 1956, Sirhan, along with his family, immigrated to

2046-447: The ballroom after speaking on his way to another gathering of supporters, but reporters wanted a press conference. Campaign aide Fred Dutton decided that Kennedy would forgo the second gathering and instead go through the hotel's kitchen and pantry area behind the ballroom to the press area. Kennedy had welcomed contact with the public during the campaign, and people had often tried to touch him in excitement. Soon after Kennedy concluded

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2112-553: The convention hall floor, Vanocur suggested that the Republicans had "kissed off the black vote" in 1968, a comment which caused a media uproar in the ensuing week. Vanocur also served as host of First Tuesday , a monthly newsmagazine that premiered in 1969 and continued after Vanocur left the network. His work at NBC earned him a place on the Nixon administration's "enemies list" . After leaving NBC in 1971, Vanocur worked for PBS and as

2178-601: The country's most prominent political reporters during the 1960s," Vanocur served as White House correspondent and national political correspondent for NBC News in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was one of the questioners at the first of the Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960, as well as one of NBC's "four horsemen," its floor reporters at the political conventions in the 1960s—the other three were John Chancellor , Frank McGee , and Edwin Newman . While White House correspondent during

2244-585: The decision, while six others opposed it. Gavin Newsom , the governor of California, denied the parole in January 2022, asserting that "Sirhan has not developed the accountability and insight required to support his safe release into the community." In November 2006, the BBC 's Newsnight program presented research by filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan alleging that several Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers were present on

2310-471: The discharge of a gun and that all four shots came from behind him. Kennedy Jr. described his father's departure from the stage towards the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel, which was a route that had not previously been cleared. According to Kennedy Jr., Cesar was holding his father's arm as they walked towards the kitchen. "It made me realize that no matter how much hope you have it can be taken away in

2376-535: The fatal shot to Kennedy was by a different shooter. He claimed that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) destroyed evidence, "hid ballistic evidence exonerating Sirhan, and covered up conclusive evidence that a second gunman fatally wounded Robert Kennedy." In August 2021, the California state parole panel recommended Sirhan's parole. Two of Kennedy's children, Robert Jr. and Douglas , supported

2442-419: The findings and corroborated the presence of at least 10 shots on the tape along with an over-lapping shot. Other acoustic experts have claimed that they could find no more than eight shots recorded on the audiotape. Critics claim that Van Praag misidentified the noise impulses of the recording as gun shots. In 2008, eyewitness John Pilger asserted his belief that there must have been a second gunman. In

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2574-414: The hospital and walked to the gymnasium where the press and news media were set up for continuous updates on the situation. At 2 a.m. on June 6, Mankiewicz announced Kennedy's death. The following week, NBC devoted 55 hours to the shooting and its aftermath, ABC 43 hours, and CBS 42 hours, with all three networks initially pre-empting their regular coverage and advertisements to cover

2640-514: The near and middle East". In 1960, John F. Kennedy , Robert's elder brother, was elected the president of the United States and appointed Robert as U.S. attorney general . During his tenure, Robert served as John's close advisor and was associated with various decisions during the Kennedy administration . According to author Matthew A. Hayes, during the Cuban Missile Crisis , Robert acted as

2706-829: The next day, Kennedy addressed his campaign supporters in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel , in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles . At the time, the government did not provide Secret Service protection for presidential candidates. Kennedy's only security personnel were former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent William Barry and two unofficial bodyguards: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson and former football player Rosey Grier . At approximately 12:10 am, concluding his victory speech, Kennedy said: "So my thanks to all of you and on to Chicago and let's win there." Kennedy planned to walk through

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2772-610: The night of the assassination. The three men who appear in films and photographs from the night of the assassination were identified by former colleagues and associates as former senior CIA officers who had worked together in 1963 at JMWAVE , the CIA's anti-Castro station based in Miami. They were JMWAVE Chief of Operations David Morales , Chief of Maritime Operations Gordon Campbell, and Chief of Psychological Warfare Operations George Joannides . Several people who had known Morales were sure that he

2838-599: The nomination. Humphrey won the nomination at the convention in Chicago, at which violence in the streets occurred. He ultimately lost the general election to Republican candidate Richard Nixon by a narrow popular vote margin of 0.7 percent. Nixon won by a more decisive 301–191 margin in the Electoral College . Sirhan Sirhan was born on March 19, 1944, in Jerusalem , Palestine , to an Arab Christian family. At

2904-518: The pantry. This has led to the suggestion that a second gunman fired the fatal shot, a possibility supported by Thomas Noguchi , the Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, who stated that the fatal shot was behind Kennedy's right ear and had been fired at a distance of approximately 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters). Other witnesses said that Kennedy

2970-662: The possibility of parole, after the California Supreme Court , in its ruling in California v. Anderson , invalidated as unconstitutional all pending death sentences that were imposed before 1972. In 1975, it was decided that Sirhan would be freed on parole in 1984. In 1982, however, the California Board of Prison Term rescinded the parole date, citing death threats made by Sirhan from prison. In 1989, Sirhan told David Frost in prison that his sole connection with Kennedy

3036-580: The route, paying their respects. On the way to the cemetery, the funeral procession passed through Resurrection City , a shantytown protest site. The procession stopped in front of the Lincoln Memorial , where residents of Resurrection City joined the group, and the " Battle Hymn of the Republic " was sung. Kennedy was buried near his older brother John in Arlington National Cemetery . This

3102-603: The scene of the assassination through a fictional account. According to the author Ron Briley, "the history in Bobby is often misleading". In 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wife, Cheryl Hines, called for President Joe Biden to grant her husband Secret Service protection for his presidential campaign , citing his family's history of successful assassinations. . Robert F. Kennedy Jr's request for Secret Service protection would not be granted until July 15, 2024; two days after former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

3168-449: The shooting scene. She was soon led to Kennedy and knelt beside him. Kennedy turned his head seeming to recognize her. Kennedy's campaign manager, his brother-in-law Stephen Edward Smith , promptly appeared on television and asked for a doctor. After several minutes, medical attendants arrived and lifted Kennedy onto a stretcher, prompting him to whisper, "Don't lift me", which were his last words; he lost consciousness shortly after. He

3234-530: The speech, he started to exit through the ballroom when Barry stopped him and said, "No, it's been changed. We're going this way." Barry and Dutton began clearing a way for Kennedy to go left, through swinging doors, to the kitchen corridor, but he was hemmed in by the crowd and followed maître d'hôtel Karl Uecker through a back exit. Uecker led Kennedy through the kitchen area, holding his right wrist, but frequently releasing it as Kennedy shook hands with people whom he encountered. Uecker and Kennedy started down

3300-439: The story. Senator Kennedy's casket was taken, via a jet emblazoned with "United States of America" and sent by President Lyndon B. Johnson, to New York City, where his casket was viewed by thousands at St. Patrick's Cathedral . The funeral mass was held on the morning of June 8. Kennedy's younger brother, Senator Ted Kennedy , delivered the eulogy, saying: My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he

3366-451: The tapes to the audio engineer Philip Van Praag, who analyzed and found 13 shots fired even though Sirhan's gun held only eight rounds. He also stated the recording revealed at least two cases where the timing between shots was shorter than physically possible from Sirhan's gun alone. Forensic audio specialists Wes Dooley and Paul Pegas of Audio Engineering Associates in Pasadena examined

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3432-488: The trial, Sirhan's lawyers attempted to use a defense of diminished responsibility, while Sirhan tried to confess to the crime and change his plea to guilty on several occasions. He testified that he had killed Kennedy "with 20 years of malice aforethought". As of 2023, Sirhan has been denied parole 17 times. His lawyers have claimed that he was framed, and he claims to have no memory of his crime. In February 2012, Sirhan's lawyers William F. Pepper and Laurie Dusek filed

3498-580: Was "[Kennedy's] support of Israel and his deliberate attempt to send those 50 bombers to Israel to obviously do harm to the Palestinians." Although a study published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists referred to Sirhan as a "withdrawn fanatic with multiple identity problems", the author James W. Clarke stated that Sirhan was more motivated by political issues than by his personal temperament. During

3564-412: Was able to show scant live footage from the kitchen after Kennedy had been transported, but all of ABC's coverage from the hotel was in black-and-white. Approximately three hours after the incident, television networks began their morning broadcast schedule. About six million Western American households viewed the live reporting. Kennedy's wife, Ethel , who was three months pregnant, had been away from

3630-543: Was captured by Boris Yaro of the Los Angeles Times and became the iconic image of the assassination. As the shooting took place, ABC News was signing off from its election-night broadcast, while the CBS coverage had been concluded. CBS went back on the air with coverage of the assassination 21 minutes after the shooting. ABC's associate news director Weisel, who was wounded during the shooting, reported from his stretcher. ABC

3696-500: Was commuted to life in prison in 1972 with a possibility of parole. His parole request has been denied numerous times. Kennedy's assassination prompted the Secret Service to protect presidential candidates. Additionally, it led to several conspiracy theories . The assassination was one of four major assassinations of the 1960s in the United States , coming several years after the assassination of Kennedy's brother John in 1963 and

3762-490: Was expelled from Pasadena City College . Sirhan held strongly anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian beliefs. In 1966, while pursuing a career as a jockey, Sirhan fell from a running horse, suffering minor injuries. A friend of Sirhan said that after this incident, Sirhan was "impatient, nervous, emotional and always in a hurry". A diary was found during a search of his home, where he wrote on May 18: "Robert Kennedy must be assassinated ... My determination to eliminate RFK

3828-412: Was fired at a range of 1 inch (3 cm), entering behind his right ear. The other two shots entered at the rear of his right armpit; one exited from his chest and the other lodged in the back of his neck. Despite extensive neurosurgery to remove the bullet and bone fragments from his brain, he was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. on June 6, nearly 25 hours after the shooting. Mankiewicz left

3894-454: Was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it ... As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him: "Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." Kennedy's body was transported via train to Washington, D.C.; many mourners lined

3960-505: Was not the man claimed by O'Sullivan. After O'Sullivan published his book, assassination researchers Jefferson Morley and David Talbot discovered that Campbell had died of a heart attack in 1962, six years before Kennedy's assassination. In response, O'Sullivan stated that the man on the video may have used Campbell's name as an alias. The location of Kennedy's wounds suggested that his assailant had stood behind him, while some witnesses assert that Sirhan faced west as Kennedy moved through

4026-429: Was set up as temporary headquarters for the press and news media to receive updates on his condition. Surgery began at 3:12 a.m. and lasted approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes. At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, spokesman Frank Mankiewicz announced that Kennedy's doctors were "concerned over his continuing failure to show improvement"; his condition was critical. Kennedy had been shot multiple times. The fatal shot

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4092-410: Was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and pronounced dead the following day. Kennedy, a United States senator and candidate in the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries , won the California and South Dakota primaries on June 4. He addressed his campaign supporters in the Ambassador Hotel's Embassy Ballroom. After leaving the podium, and exiting through

4158-459: Was strong opposition to the ongoing Vietnam War; and it was a period of social unrest, with riots in major cities. Allard K. Lowenstein , a Democratic politician, organized a " Dump Johnson " movement to prevent Johnson's nomination as the presidential candidate, and asked Kennedy to run instead. Kennedy refused, asserting that he did not want to split the Democratic Party. Eugene McCarthy ,

4224-472: Was taken to Central Receiving Hospital. A doctor slapped his face, calling, "Bob! Bob! Bob!" while another doctor massaged his heart. After obtaining a good heartbeat, doctors handed a stethoscope to Ethel so that she could hear Kennedy's heart beating. After about 30 minutes, Kennedy was transferred several blocks to the Good Samaritan Hospital to undergo surgery. A gymnasium near the hospital

4290-422: Was the first burial to have ever taken place there at night. After the assassination, Congress altered the Secret Service's mandate to include protection for major presidential and vice-presidential nominees. At the time of his death, Kennedy was substantially behind Humphrey in convention delegate support, but many believe that, following his victory in the California primary, he would have ultimately secured

4356-495: Was turning to his left shaking hands as Sirhan approached, from the east. In 1975, during a re-examination of the case, experts looked into the possibility of a second gunman, and concluded that there was little or no evidence to support this hypothesis. In 2004, CNN's senior writer Brad Johnson discovered a recording of Kennedy's victory speech, recorded by the Polish journalist Stanisław Pruszyński  [ pl ] . Johnson gave

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