Secret Service agent who leapt onto JFK's car during assassination dies at 93

Clint Hill spent decades blaming himself for Kennedy's death before re-evaluating his role.

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Ex-Secret Service agent who leapt onto back of JFK limo in Dallas dies at 93

Clint Hill, the former Secret Service agent who leapt onto the back of former President Kennedy’s limousine in 1963 to shield the first lady from gunfire, died on Friday at his home. He was 93. ...
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Secret Service agent who rushed to first lady's side after JFK's assassination dies at 93

Clint Hill, the former Secret Service agent who shielded first lady Jacqueline Kennedy from gunfire during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, has died, the agency said Monday.
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Secret Service agent who jumped into limo after JFK was shot has died

"I'll live with that to my grave," a weeping Clint Hill told Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes" in 1975.
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Clint Hill: "Secret Service Agent Number 9" | 60 Minutes Archive

In 1975, 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace spoke with Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who jumped onto JFK's limousine after the president was shot. Hill, who was forced to retire early because he ...
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Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93

A Secret Service agent, he leaped onto the president’s limousine in Dallas in 1963 and was credited with saving the first lady’s life. But he was haunted by his inability to save her husband.
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Patsy Grimaldi, Whose Name Became Synonymous With Pizza, Dies at 93

His coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge has drawn patrons from New York City and beyond.
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Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor who warned of danger of indifference, dies at 98

Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish history museum, has died
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Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84

His early work made use of unexpected materials like pennies and masking tape. Later, he created trenchant word paintings that provoked and delighted.
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Carlos Diegues, Filmmaker Who Celebrated Brazil’s Diversity, Dies at 84

Seeking to shed the gauzy influence of Hollywood and focus on Brazil’s ethnic richness and troubled history, he helped forge a new path for his country’s cinema.
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Secret Service agent who leapt onto JFK's car during assassination dies at 93

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Ex-Secret Service agent who leapt onto back of JFK limo in Dallas dies at 93

Secret Service agent who rushed to first lady's side after JFK's assassination dies at 93

Secret Service agent who jumped into limo after JFK was shot has died

Clint Hill: "Secret Service Agent Number 9" | 60 Minutes Archive

Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93

Patsy Grimaldi, Whose Name Became Synonymous With Pizza, Dies at 93

Marian Turski, Auschwitz survivor who warned of danger of indifference, dies at 98

Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84

Carlos Diegues, Filmmaker Who Celebrated Brazil’s Diversity, Dies at 84

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