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The "umbrella man", later identified as Louie Steven Witt, is a figure who appears in several films and photographs of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. He was one of the closest bystanders when the President was first struck by a bullet, near the Stemmons Freeway sign within Dealey Plaza.
Feb 3, 2023 · A man shows up with an umbrella to voice a little annoyance with the Kennedy family, ends up the witness to an assassination, and then has conspiracy theorists thinking that he's an accomplice, or connected to the CIA, or in possession of a secret weapon that shoots poisonous, dissolving darts (via Smithsonian Magazine and "The Umbrella System ...
Nov 20, 2013 · In 2011, on the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explored the story behind the one man seen standing under an open black umbrella at the site....
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Sep 10, 2022 · After the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing the president — but many believe that there's more to the story.
Aug 2, 2020 · The Umbrella Man was a man named Louie Steven Witt. Witt says he was at Dealey Plaza the day of JFK's assassination in 1963 , with the intention of heckling Kennedy, not killing him.
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Aug 3, 2016 · Two of the most suspicious people at Dealey Plaza were two men standing near Kennedy when the fatal shots were fired. One held an open umbrella while the other stood at the curb and waved his arm into the air.
Nov 22, 2011 · On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explores the story behind the one man seen standing under an open black umbrella at the site.
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- The New York Times
