Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
At Zapruder frame 313, when President Kennedy was shot in the head, Jean Hill was only 21 feet (6.4 m) away, leftward, and slightly behind President Kennedy.
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Norma Jean Lollis Hill Biography and Timeline
Follow Norma Jean Lollis Hill through 16 dated historical records for United States of America.
Norma Jean Lollis Hill, historical timeline
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1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Norma Jean Lollis Hill was present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him.
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner.
Grassy Knoll
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner. Present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him
Lady In Red
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner
Grassy Knoll
Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
Lady In Red
A voice-over then says that "an actuary of the British newspaper The Sunday Times calculated the probability that all these people who witnessed the assassination would die within that period of time to be 100,000 trillion to one"
Lady In Red
Hill apparently always thought of herself as a survivor after many of the other witnesses to the assassination died shortly after President Kennedys death under what some considered to be mysterious circumstances.
Lady In Red
Hill stated that she received death threats and that the brake lines of her automobile were cut after the assassination.
Lady In Red
The assertions of the mysterious deaths connected with the assassination became a much more well known part of the popular conspiracy debate after appearing in the epilogue of the film Executive Action, which purports to show how a conspiracy could have been carried out.
Lady In Red
The films epilogue states that "of 18 witnesses: all but two of whom died from unnatural causes within three years of the assassination".
Texas School Book Depository
Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
Warren Commission
Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
1964
Warren Commission
The testimony of Mrs. Jean Lollis Hill was taken at 2:30 p.m. on March 24, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission
Warren Commission
Jean Hill adamantly rejected the Warren Commissions single gunman findings and was sure, based on what she saw the day of the assassination and on her experience afterward, that there was a conspiracy
1992
The Last Dissenting Witness
Hill co-writes a book entitled "The Last Dissenting Witness"
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