Robert Kennedy dies while attempting to lift torch in Dallas era
United Press International reports Robert Francis Kennedy died while trying to pick up the torch his brother John dropped after the Dallas murder four and a half years earlier. He followed Joe and John to tragedy, becoming a prominent lawyer and senator with a pivotal role in labor and national security events.
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Sirhan described as fanatical in religious and political talks
A former coworker at a health food store says Sirhan B. Sirhan was intelligent and friendly but fanatic on religion and politics. His father calls it the blackest day of his life. Mayor Yorty cites a diary entry saying Kennedy must be assassinated before June 25, 1968. Sirhan, an Arab immigrant, had a history with Israel and Jordan, and police note a 22 caliber pistol used in Kennedy's fatal shooting.
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Pope Paul VI expresses condolences on Kennedy death
Pope Paul VI expressed sorrow over Senator Robert Kennedy's death and offered prayers for his soul. He sent personal cables of sincere condolences to President Johnson and Mrs Kennedy, signing them himself and conveying divine blessings to the family and U.S. government.
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RFK Delegates Up For Grabs In Democratic Nomination Fight
UPI reports Kennedy death leaves 393.5 delegate votes in play among Humphrey and McCarthy with some uncommitted under state rules. McCarthy vows to press to the convention. Nixon leads Republicans with 392 of 667 needed as Reagan, Rockefeller and Stassen follow.
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Death revolver traced to four owners around Watts era
The snub-nosed .22 Iver Johnson Cadet pistol linked to the Sirhan Sirhan case passed through Albert Hertz in Watts in 1965 to Hertz’s daughter, George Erhard, and Munir Sirhan, with Joe Sirhan later denying knowledge of its whereabouts. California's Bureau of Investigation used a new computer to identify the weapon by serial number.
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UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Iver Johnson
Pisot
California
Thomas €. Lynch
Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
Sacramento
George Charles
Erhard
Woodacre
Marin County
San Francisco
Kennedy women endure tragedy beside Bobby Kennedy
The Kennedy family confronts Robert Kennedy’s fatal head injury at Good Samaritan Hospital as Ethel Skakel Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and the Kennedy siblings rally around in grief. Jackie boards a plane to be with him while Edward Kennedy survives earlier crashes and Rose Kennedy mourns losses in Hyannis.
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Good Samaritan’ Hospital
Ethel Skakel
Dallas
Robert Kennedy
Central Receiving Hospital
Good Samaritan-Hospital
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