Reporter who saw JFK death dies at 85
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November 27, 2011, Sunday
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ON November 22, 1963, Tom Wicker was in the first press bus following John F. Kennedy's motorcade when the United States president was assassinated. Wicker, The New York Times' White House correspondent, would later write in a memoir that the day was a turning point for the country: "The shots ringing out in Dealey Plaza marked the beginning of the end of innocence."
At that moment, however, all he knew was that he was covering one of the biggest stories in history.
Wicker died at his home in Rochester, Vermont, after an apparent heart attack on Friday morning, his wife, Pamela, said. He was 85.
"He'd been ill with things that come from being 85," she said. "He died in his bedroom looking out at the countryside that he loved."
Wicker was the only Times reporter to be traveling with Kennedy when the president was shot in Dallas, Texas.
At that moment, however, all he knew was that he was covering one of the biggest stories in history.
Wicker died at his home in Rochester, Vermont, after an apparent heart attack on Friday morning, his wife, Pamela, said. He was 85.
"He'd been ill with things that come from being 85," she said. "He died in his bedroom looking out at the countryside that he loved."
Wicker was the only Times reporter to be traveling with Kennedy when the president was shot in Dallas, Texas.
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