// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Chauncey Holt? A man with a "marvelous" name, isn't he?
Chauncey Marvin Holt | |
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| Born | October 23, 1921 Kentucky, United States |
| Died | June 28, 1997 (aged 75) |
| Known for | Claimed links to JFK's assassination |
Chauncey Marvin Holt (October 23, 1921 – June 28, 1997) was an American known for claiming to be one of the "three tramps" photographed in Dealey Plaza shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[1]
Background
[edit]Holt was born in Kentucky.[1] He moved to San Diego County in the 1970s and lived in La Mesa, California during the last decade of his life.[1] Holt died of cancer at the age of 75, and was survived by a daughter and granddaughter.[1]
Claims of involvement in JFK assassination
[edit]In a 1991 Newsweek article about Oliver Stone's JFK, Holt received national attention for various claims he made regarding the assassination of President Kennedy.[1][2] According to Holt, he was a CIA operative sent to Dallas to deliver phony Secret Service credentials.[1][2] He also claimed to have been the eldest of photographed "three tramps", although he was only 42 at the time.[3] He also claimed to have worked as an accountant for Meyer Lansky.[1][2] His account is further explored in his autobiography Self-Portrait of a Scoundrel, which was posthumously released by TrineDay Publishing in August 2013.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Alvord, Valerie (July 5, 1997). "Chauncey Holt; claimed inside scoop in JFK killing". The San Diego Union-Tribune. San Diego. p. B.7.1.6.
- 1 2 3 Gates, David (December 23, 1991). "Bottom Line: How Crazy Is It?". Newsweek. 118: 52–54.
- ↑ Trask, Richard B. (1994). Pictures of the Pain: Photography and the Assassination of President Kennedy. Yeoman Press. p. 344.
- ↑ Holt, Chauncey (2013). Self-Portrait of a Scoundrel. TrineDay. ISBN 978-1937584375.
Further reading
[edit]- Holt, Chauncey Marvin (2013). Self-Portrait of a Scoundrel. Trine Day. ISBN 978-1937584375.
External links
[edit]- Chauncey Holt at IMDb
- Spies, Hoods, and the Hidden Elite (2024) (documentary)
- Holt's review of Gerald Posner's Case Closed
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