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Norma Jean Lollis Hill Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Norma Jean Lollis Hill, based on 16 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

16 records1963–19926 events1 places

Chronological biography

1963

Grassy Knoll1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Red1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Red1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Red1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

Hill stated that she received death threats and that the brake lines of her automobile were cut after the assassination.

Lady In Red1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Red1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Commission1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy22 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy22 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Kennedy22 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner.

Grassy Knoll22 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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 Red22 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner

1964

Warren Commission1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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

Warren Commission24 March 1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

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

1992

The Last Dissenting Witness1992
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Hill co-writes a book entitled "The Last Dissenting Witness"

Record provenance

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