Obligatory Kennedy Thread

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I found this while stumbling.
http://www.jfk-assassination.de/articles/deaths.php

Convenient Deaths
1963 - 1976
Many witnesses died in the thirteen year period following the assassination - mostly of unnatural causes. Many rumours crawl around about the high death rate during these years. They are supported by the mostly suspicious circumstances the victims died under. For a unknown shooter or even shooters, all these deaths have one thing in common: they are very convenient to those assassins since these witnesses took their knowledge with them into the grave. But see yourself and decide whether these deaths are purely coincidently:

Asterisks mark death that seemed to happen under suspicious circumstances.

Date    Name    Connection with case    Cause of death
11/63    Karyn Kupicinet    Tv host's daughter who was overheard telling of JFK's death prior to 11/22/63    Murdered
12/63    Jack Zangretti    Expressed foreknowledge of Ruby shooting Oswald    Gunshot Victim
2/64    Eddy Benavides    Lookalike brother to Tippit shooting witness, Domingo Benavides    Gunshot to head
2/64    Betty MacDonald*    Former Ruby employee who alibied Warren Reynolds shooting suspect.    Suicide by hanging in Dallas Jail
3/64    Bill Chesher    Thought to have information linking Oswald and Ruby    Heart attack
3/64    Hank Killam*    Husband of Ruby employee, knew Oswald acquaintance    Throat cut
4/64    Bill Hunter*    Reporter who was in Ruby's apartment on 11/24/63    Accidental shooting by policeman
5/64    Gary Underhill*    CIA agent who claimed Agency was involved    Gunshot in head ruled suicide
5/64    Hugh Ward*    Private investigator working with Guy Banister and David Ferrie    Plane crash in Mexico
5/64    DeLesseps Morrison*    New Orleans Mayor    Passenger in Ward's plane
8/64    Teresa Norton*    Ruby employee    Fatally shot
6/64    Guy Banister*    x-FBI agent in New Orleans connected to Ferrie, CIA, Carlos Marcello & Oswald    Heart attack
9/64    Jim Koethe*    Reporter who was in Ruby's apartment on 11/24/63    Blow to neck
9/64    C.D. Jackson    "Life" magazine senior Vicepresident who bought Zapruderfilm and locked it away    Unknown
10/64    Mary Pinchot    JFK "special" friend whose diary was taken by CIA chief James Angleton after her death    Murdered
1/65    Paul Mandal    "Life" writer who told of JFK turning to rear when shot in throat    Cancer
3/65    Tom Howard*    Ruby's first lawyer, was in Ruby's apartment on 11/24/63    Heart attack
5/65    Maurice Gatlin*    Pilot for Guy Banister    Fatal fall
8/65    Mona B. Saenz*    Texas Employment clerk who interviewed Oswald    Hit by Dallas bus
?/65    David Goldstein    Dallasite who helped FBI trace Oswald's pistol    Natural causes
9/65    Rose Cheramie*    Knew of assassination in advance, told of riding to Dallas with Cubans    Hit/run victim
11/65    Dorothy Kilgallen*    Columnist who had private interview with Ruby, pledged to "break" JFK case    Drug overdose
11/65    Mrs. Earl Smith*    Close friend to Dorothy Kilgallen, died two daysafter columnist, may have kept Kilgallen's notes    Cause unknown
12/65    William Whaley*    Cab driver who reportedly drove Oswald to Oak Cliff (The only Dallas taxi driver to die on duty)    Motor collision
1966    Judge Joe Brown    Presided over Ruby's trial    Heart attack
1966    Karen "Little Lynn" Carlin*    Ruby employee who last talked with Ruby before Oswald shooting    Gunshot victim
1/66    Earlene Roberts    Oswald's landlady    Heart attack
2/66    Albert Bogard*    Car salesman who said Oswald test drove new car    Suicide
6/66    Capt. Frank Martin    Dallas policeman who witnessed Oswald slaying, told Warren Commission "there's a lot to be said but probably be better if I don't say it"    Sudden cancer
8/66    Lee Bowers Jr.*    Witnessed men behind picket fence on Grassy Knoll    Motor accident
9/66    Marilyn "Delila Walle*    Ruby dancer    Shot by husband after 1 month of marriage
10/66    Lt. William Pitzer*    JFK autopsy photographer who described his duty as "horrifying experience"    Gunshot rule suicided
11/66    Jimmy Levens    Fort Worth nightclub owner who hired Ruby employees    Natural causes
11/66    James Worrell Jr.*    Saw man flee rear of Texas School Book Depository    Motor accident
1966    Clarence Oliver    Dist. Atty. Investigator who worked Ruby case    Unknown
12/66    Hank Suydam    Life magazine official in charge of JFK stories    Heart attack
1967    Leonard Pullin    Civilian Navy employee who helped film "Last Two Days" about assassination    One-car crash
1/67    Jack Ruby*    Oswald's slayer    Lung cancer (he told family he was injected with cancer cells)
2/67    Harold Russell*    Saw escape of Tippit killer    killed by cop in bar brawl
2/67    David Ferrie*    Acquaintance of Oswald, Garrison suspect and employee of Guy Banister    Blow to neck (ruled accidental)
2/67    Eladio Del Valle*    Anti-Castro Cuban associate of David Ferrie being sought by Garrison    Gunshot wound, a wound to head
3/67    Dr. Mary Sherman*    Ferrie associate working on cancer research    Died in fire (possibly shot)
1/68    A. D. Bowie    Asst. Dallas District Attorney prosecuting Ruby    Cancer
4/68    Hiram Ingram    Dallas Deputy Sheriff, close friend to Roger Craig    Sudden cancer
5/68    Dr. Nicholas Chetta    New Orleans coroner who on death of Ferrie    Heart attack
8/68    Philip Geraci*    Friend of Perry Russo, told of Oswald/Shaw conversation    Electrocution
1/69    Henry Delaune*    Brother-in-law to coroner Chetta    Murdered
1/69    E.R. Walthers*    Dallas Deputy Sheriff who was involved in Depository search, claimed to have found .45-cal. slug    Shot by felon
1969    Charles Mentesana    Filmed rifle other than Mannlicher-Carcano being taken from Depository    Heart attack
4/69    Mary Bledsoe    Neighbor to Oswald, also knew David Ferrie    Natural causes
4/69    John Crawford*    Close friend to both Ruby and Wesley Frazier, who gave ride to Oswald on 11/22/63    Crash of private plane
7/69    Rev. Clyde Johnson*    Scheduled to testify about Clay Shaw/Oswald connection    Fatally shot
1970    George McGann*    Underworld figure connected to Ruby friends, wife, Beverly, took film in Dealey Plaza    Murdered
1/70    Darrell W. Garner    Arrested for shooting Warren Reynolds, released after alibi from Betty MacDonald    Drug overdose
8/70    Bill Decker    Dallas Sheriff who saw bullet hit street in front of JFK    Natural causes
8/70    Abraham Zapruder    Took famous film of JFK assassination    Natural causes
12/70    Salvatore Granello*    Mobster linked to both Hoffa,Trafficante, and Castro assassination plots    Murdered
1971    James Plumeri*    Mobster tied to mob-CIA assassination plots    Murdered
3/71    Clayton Fowler    Ruby's chief defense attorney    Uknown
4/71    Gen. Charles Cabell*    CIA deputy director connected to anti-Castro Cubans    Collapsed and died afterphysical at Fort Myers
1972    Hale Boggs*    House Majority Leader, member of Warren Commission who began to publicly express doubts about findings    Disappeared on Alaskan plane flight
5/72    J. Edgar Hoover*    FBI director who pushed "lone assassin" theory in JFK assassination    Heart attack (no autopsy)
9/73    Thomas E. Davis*    Gunrunner connected to both Ruby and CIA    Electrocuted trying to steal wire
2/74    J.A. Milteer*    Miami right-winger who predicted JFK's death and capture of scapegoat    Heater explosion
1974    Dave Yaras*    Close friend to both Hoffa and Jack Ruby    Murdered
7/74    Earl Warren    Chief Justice who reluctantly chaired Warren Commission    Heart failure
8/74    Clay Shaw*    Prime suspect in Garrison case, reportedly a CIA contact with Ferrie and E. Howard Hunt    Possible cancer
1974    Earle Cabell    Mayor of Dallas on 11/22/63, whose brother, Gen. Charles Cabell was fired from CIA by JFK    Natural causes
6/75    Sam Giancana*    Chicago Mafia boss slated to tell about CIA-mob death plots to Senate Committee    Murdered
7/75    Clyde Tolson    J. Edgar Hoover's assistant and roommate    Natural causes
1975    Allen Sweatt    Dallas Deputy Sheriff involved in investigation    Natural causes
12/75    Gen. Earle Wheeler    Contact between JFK and CIA    Unknown
1976    Ralph Paul    Ruby's business partner connected with crime figures    Heart attack
4/76    James Chaney    Dallas motorcycle officer riding to JFK's right rear who said JFK "struck in the face" with bullet    Heart attack
4/76    Dr. Charles Gregory    Governor John Connally's physician    Heart attack
6/76    William Harvey*    CIA coordinator for CIA-mob assassination plans against Castro    Complications from heart surgery
7/76    John Roselli*    Mobster who testified to Senate Committee and was to appear again    Stabbed and stuffed in metal drum
The HSCA Investigation
Just when the House Select Committee on Assassinations was investigating the JFK assassination, more suspicious deaths were coming up:

Date    Name    Connection with case    Cause of Death
1/77    William Pawley*    Former Brazilian Ambassador connected to Anti-Castro Cubans, crime figures    Gunshot ruled suicide
3/77    George DeMohrenschildt*    Close friend to both Oswald and Bouvier family (Jackie Kennedy's parents), CIA contract agent    Gunshot wound ruled suicide
3/77    Carlos Prio Soccaras*    Former Cuban President, money man for anti-Castro Cubans    Gunshot wound ruled suicide
3/77    Paul Raigorodsky    Business friend of George DeMohrenschildt and wealthy oilmen    Natural causes
5/77    Lou Staples*    Dallas radio Talk Show host who told friends he would break assassination case    Gunshot to head,ruled suicide
6/77    Louis Nichols    Former No. 3 man in FBI, worked on JFK investigation    Heart attack
8/77    Alan Belmont    FBI official who testified to Warren Commission    "Long illness"
8/77    James Cadigan    FBI document expert who testified to Warren Commission    Fall in home
8/77    Joseph C. Ayres*    Chief steward on JFK's Air Force One    Shooting accident
8/77    Francis G. Powers*    U-2 pilot downed over Russia in 1960    Helicopter crash (He reportedly ran out of fuel)
9/77    Kenneth O'Donnell    JFK's closest aide    Natural causes
10/77    Donald Kaylor    FBI fingerprint chemist    Heart attack
10/77    J.M. English    Former head of FBI Forensic Sciences Laboratory    Heart attack
11/77    William Sullivan*    Former No. 3 man in FBI, headed Division 5, counter- espionage and domestic intelligence    Hunting accident
1978    C.L. "Lummie" Lewis    Dallas Deputy Sheriff who arrested Mafia man Braden in Dealey Plaza    Natural causes
9/78    Garland Slack    Man who said Oswald fired at his target at rifle range    Unknown
1/79    Billy Lovelady    Depository employee said to be the man in the doorway in AP photograph    Complications from heart attack
6/80    Jesse Curry    Dallas Police Chief at time of assassination    Heart attack
6/80    Dr. John Holbrook    Psychiatrist who testified Ruby was not insane    Heart attack but pills, notes found
1/81    Marguerite Oswald    Mother of accused assassin    Cancer
10/81    Frank Watts    Chief felony prosecutor for Dallas D.A.    Natural causes
1/82    Peter Gregory    Original translator for Marina Oswald and Secret Service    Natural causes
5/82    Dr. James Weston    Pathologist allowed to see JFK autopsy material for HSCA    Died while jogging, ruled natural causes
8/82    Will H. Griffin    FBI agent who reportedly said Oswald was "definitely" an FBI informant    Cancer
10/82    W. Marvin Gheesling    FBI official who helped supervise JFK investigation    "Long illness"
3/84    Roy Kellerman    Secret Service agent in charge of JFK limousine    Unknown

Following names are the recently known deaths, almost all died of natural causes:

Date    Name    Connection with case    Cause of Death
10/92    Jim Garrison    Former District Attorney of New Orleans, only one who sued in the JFK assassination case    Natural causes
?/94    Perry Russo    witness who told he had seen Shaw, Oswald and Ferrie talking about the killing of JFK    Unknown
01/95    Rose Kennedy    Mother of John F. Kennedy    natural causes
01/95    L.C. Graves    wrested Ruby's revolver away from him after shooting Oswald    natural causes
2/95    Irving L. Goldberg    Judge who advised L. B. Johnson on transition of power    natural causes
3/95    Philip L. Willis    Dealey Plaza Witness, photographer    Leukemia
5/95    Evelyn Norton Lincoln    JFK's personal secretary    natural causes
5/95    Phil L. Barleson    Defender of Ruby    Heart attack
11/95    Richard Case Nagell    CIA agent who claimed he uncovered a "large operation" aimed at killing JFK    heart disease
12/95    James W. Altgens    Dealey Plaza Witness, press photographer    natural causes
1/96    Ralph W. Yarborough    Dealey Plaza witness, rode in motorcade    natural causes
7/96    Melvin Belli    Lawyer of Jack Ruby    Suffering stroke and pneumonia
8/96    Charles Brehm    Dealey Plaza Witness    Unknown
9/96    McGeorge Bundy    Top aide to JFK and LBJ    Heart attack
10/96    Rufus Youngblood    Agent who shielded LBJ during the JFK murder    Cancer
10/96    Larry Ray Harris    Researcher    Car accident
10/96    Lawrence Brantley    Sold Jack Ruby the gun used to kill Oswald    Complications from surgery