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Hugh Aynesworth
American journalist (1931–2023)
Hugh Grant Aynesworth (; August 2, 1931 – December 23, 2023) was an American journalist, investigative reporter, author, and teacher.[1] Aynesworth was reported to have witnessed the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza, the capture and arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre, and the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters.[2] In a 1976 Texas Monthly article, William Broyles Jr. described Aynesworth as "one of the most respected authorities on the assassination of John F. Kennedy".[2]
Background
[edit]Aynesworth was a native of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Having grown up poor, his mother helped provide for the family by taking in laundry and his aunt cleaned houses, including one owned by a man who would later provide him with $100 so he could purchase books in college. Aynesworth graduated from Roosevelt-Wilson High School in Nutte
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Hugh Aynesworth, a renowned Texas journalist who became an eyewitness to three key events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and whose career was defined by that historic moment, died shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday at his home in northwest Dallas. He was 92.
His death was confirmed by his family, who did not specify a cause.
“No one knows more about murder and malice than Hugh, who has stalked politicians, movie stars, wayward preachers and priests gone bad, mad dock, crazed widows and serial killers, for more than a half-century,” wrote Wesley Pruden, the former editor of TheWashington Times, in his foreword to Aynesworth’s 2003 book, JFK: Breaking the News.
Over the years, Aynesworth worked for a half-dozen newspapers, including The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald, a wire service, Newsweek magazine and ABC’s 20/20.
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He was nominated for a Pulitzer Priz
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November 22, 1963: Witness to History, by Hugh Aynesworth
Hugh Aynesworth, a four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bureau chief of both Newsweek and the Washington Times and an investigative team leader for ABC’s 20/20, was a young science and aviation reporter at The Dallas Morning News when he witnessed the assassination of President Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. Suddenly thrust into the breaking news of events as they unfolded, Aynesworth became the only known reporter to be present for the three major events of that weekend: the assassination, the arrest of alleged assassin and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.
In this intriguing behind-the-scenes narrative, significantly updated and expanded from Aynesworth’s previous book, JFK: Breaking the News (2003), the veteran investigative journalist recreates the harrowing hours following President Kennedy’s death, constructs detailed portraits of Lee Harvey Oswald’s family, and dispels several false and misleading ac