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Originally Posted by Grandstander
If my memory is correct, Life explained the stills showing Jackie crawling on the trunk of the limo as her heroic attempt to pull the secret service agent into the car.
I was 13 at the time and even at that age I wasn't buying that. I figured that she was trying to flee and the agent shoved her back into the car.
More recently I've read that what was actually going on is that she went into shock, rather understandably, and got it into her hear that she had to collect the bits of her husband's brains and skull which had splattered on the trunk.
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I was reminded of this post by our friend
Grandstander when I saw this posting today by historian Tara Ross about the experiences of First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-j...ination-jackie
She had to celebrate her son's birthday on the same day she buried her husband. This date in 1963.
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