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1 John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy -35 th President -President from 1961-1963 -The Life and Death of JFK……

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3 Joe Jr. and Jack

4 If a mosquito bit Jack Kennedy, the mosquito would die. —Robert F. Kennedy ''Life is unfair. Some people are sick and others are well.'' –Jack Kennedy

5 - What medications did he take and for what? - President always appeared lucid and in firm command. -Never complained.

6 Kennedy in the Navy

7 PT-109

8 Death of Joe Jr. - Devastation -New responsibility -New life -Video clip #1

9 -Video clip #2

10 1960 Election -Kennedy and Johnson -1 st televised presidential debates

11 “I’m not interested in carrying on... I like the conquest. That’s the challenge. I like the contest between male and female…It’s the chase I like-not the kill.”- Kennedy

12 Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday Mr. President”

13 Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier

14 “They spoke of me as if I wasn’t a person.”

15 Meeting with Khrushchev in 1961. -Berlin Wall -Cold War, -Bay of Pigs, -Cuban Missile Crisis, -Containment of Communism, -Civil rights, Civil liberties, Immigration, -Creation of Peace Corps, -Space Program -Mob

16 CAMELOT?

17 November 22, 1963 -Video clip #3

18 WHO DID IT?!?! Castro? Communists? Khrushchev? The Mob? The CIA? Oswald?= scapegoat? “They killed my brother because of me.” - Bobby Kennedy Video clip #4

19 Explanation …WHY? They say…we believe -Video clip #5 and #6

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22 “Just go out there and help us win” Video clip #7 : of families reaction to assassination

23 Kennedy Curse A series of events involving members of the Kennedy family. The notion of a curse is superstitious and was created and is fostered by the news media. The curse is applied to the family's nine children, thirty-one grandchildren, and sixty- five great-grandchildren and their spouses.

24 To many Americans, John Jr.’s death marked the moment when the light that illuminated the “brief shining moment….that was Camelot” finally went dark.

25 JKF was very ill 1941- Sister Rosemary was believed to be mentally challenged. Lobotomy, failed, like 4yr old…hidden. 1944- His older brother Joe was a pilot during the war, and was killed when the bombs his plane was carrying exploded. 1948- Not long after that, John's sister Kathleen and her husband died in a plane crash in France 1956- Jackie has a stillborn daughter…Arabella 1963- (august) son, patrick bouvier kennedy died 2 days after his premature birth 1963- (november)- JFK assassinated (accuser killed/unanswered questions/conspiracy) 1964- Brother Edward “Ted” Kennedy- senator- in plane crash…aide and pilot killed…he had broken back, punctured lung, broken ribs, and internal bleeding. 1968- Brother Robert Kennedy –senator- was assassinated following his victory in the California democratic presidential primary. 1973- (august) – Nephew Joseph Kennedy II drove car into wreck where passenger permanently paralyzed. (1 of 11) 1973- (november) Nephew Ted Kennedy Jr. has his right left amputated because of bone cancer. (2 of 11) 1984- Nephew David Kennedy died of a Demerol and cocaine overdose in a Palm Beach, Florida hotel room (3 of 11) 1991 – Nephew William Kennedy Smith was arrested and charged with the rape of a young woman at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The subsequent trial attracted extensive media coverage. Smith was acquitted (4 of 11) 1997 – Nephew Michael Kennedy died in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado- hit tree (5 of 11)- now ½ of Bobby’s children ‘cursed’ 1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr. died when the Piper Saratoga light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife and sister-in-law were also killed.


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