.png)
Tom Wicker, the New York Times reporter who chronicled the events of JFK's death after witnessing them, has died of a heart attack aged 85.
Laden with factual and precise statements, Wicker's account of the incident filled more than two pages of the newspaper the day after Kennedy was assassinated and was one of the most detailed ones the American readers were to receive.Wicker was present in the JFK convoy when the former president was shot dead in Dallas in November 1963.
He later served as the Washington bureau chief, became a political columnist for 'The Nation' and has 20 books to his credit.
Laden with factual and precise statements, Wicker's account of the incident filled more than two pages of the newspaper the day after Kennedy was assassinated and was one of the most detailed ones the American readers were to receive.Wicker was present in the JFK convoy when the former president was shot dead in Dallas in November 1963. He later served as the Washington bureau chief, became a political columnist for 'The Nation' and has 20 books to his credit.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Grace A Comment!