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72. My mom and author Romain Gary both had premonitions ..

Sun Aug 30, 2015, 10:17 AM

Aug 2015

about Bobby getting killed. My mom's was not so much a premonition as it was a recognition that the Today Show was foreshadowing some horrible news.

The morning after RFK was shot we turned on the Today Show like every morning before school (3rd grade). That morning they mentioned something about breaking news regarding RFK in Los Angeles and immediately my mom asked me if he had been killed? I told her that they just mentioned 'breaking news' nothing specific. Of course it turned out that she had guessed where they were going. As did author Romain Gary (a month earlier)...

The FBI vs. Jean Seberg - TIME

In late May, (1968) he slipped off to director John Frankenheimer's Malibu beach house with some Hollywood glitterati, including Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty, [font color=red]Jean Seberg[/font] and Seberg's novelist husband, Romain Gary. Unable to leave Kennedy alone, Gary accosted him: [font color=blue]"You know, don't you, that somebody is going to kill you?"[/font] Kennedy fended him off with fatalism. [font color=darkred]"That's the chance I have to take,"[/font] he said.

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Charles Guggenheim film commemorates RFK @ 1968 DNC

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The busboy who cradled a dying RFK has finally stepped out of the past [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

That still hurts so deeply, even so many years later. hifiguy Aug 2015 #1

GW Bragged In College That Dad In CIA billhicks76 Aug 2015 #12

That family is criminal AND stupid. Remember in October 2001 at a dinner or something... George II Aug 2015 #13

No Doubt They Facilitated It billhicks76 Aug 2015 #25

+1,000,000. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #42

Good post, thank you ! sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #50

Be careful..I had a post hidden because I mentioned that 9/11 was a false flag emsimon33 Aug 2015 #57

If They Censor It Then Proves My Point billhicks76 Aug 2015 #63

I wish I could recommend you 1,000,000 times. Frank Cannon Aug 2015 #68

It was incredibly traumatic and I think that he might have seen the aftermath and misstated this karynnj Aug 2015 #28

There was video of the smoke and flames in the building afterward, but no one had a video... George II Aug 2015 #32

I know that karynnj Aug 2015 #36

I saw the second plane hit AFTER we were told that a plane had hit the WTC. So I knew it was the sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #51

most of us are, the rest are too stupid to know how stupid they are... icarusxat Aug 2015 #77

I understand what you're saying and that makes sense to me. Especially considering all the C Moon Aug 2015 #59

There were also people who saw the first plane hit SheilaT Aug 2015 #71

video KansDem Aug 2015 #62

I have my doubts that 9/11 was actually *carried out* by the administration. nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #65

Yep. LIHOP. hifiguy Aug 2015 #87

I think he's criminal and stupid, too, BUT... yellerpup Aug 2015 #69

He was in Dallas. Of course the CIA killed Kennedy...and King...and Kennedy... . emsimon33 Aug 2015 #55

Nixon also said the same thing. volstork Aug 2015 #56

Yep emsimon33 Aug 2015 #89

Mere coincidence deutsey Aug 2015 #70

Hinkleys Connection Creepy billhicks76 Aug 2015 #86

Thanks 1norcal Aug 2015 #74

That was another huge step in our decline and the decline of western civilization imo. Rex Aug 2015 #37

Nope. hifiguy Aug 2015 #38

Very well said, and surely not an opinion, but a fact. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #44

Wasn't even born yet abelenkpe Aug 2015 #49

Wow, powerful story behind the iconic photo. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #2

My sense of loss is worse today than it was then. NBachers Aug 2015 #3

Brings me right back Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #4

It was hard for so many of us brer cat Aug 2015 #5

Many of us never got over it and never will. hedda_foil Aug 2015 #60

Seeing this is a stab to the heart. stage left Aug 2015 #6

I was only 12 at the time. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #7

tears here, too, even after all these years. I have frequently thought that the world as we knew niyad Aug 2015 #8

If only... RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #9

It's a very hard lesson and he was too young to learn it. 1monster Aug 2015 #10

K&R. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #11

I was 5 and a half, and I remember seeing it on TV the next day. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #14

... shenmue Aug 2015 #15

My heart aches still. That picture truly does hurt. dmr Aug 2015 #16

1968 was a b**ch of a year - LiberalElite Aug 2015 #17

Bowers museum in s.Calif has a 1968 exhibit Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #21

I graduated h.s. that year LiberalElite Aug 2015 #22

I was 13. My mother died in March, MLK a few weeks later and then Bobby. nolabear Aug 2015 #31

Wow - what a survivor cilla4progress Aug 2015 #78

The day the music died. Gumboot Aug 2015 #18

What might have been. nt alphafemale Aug 2015 #19

I'm so sorry he suffered so much KT2000 Aug 2015 #20

what could have been... Javaman Aug 2015 #23

Poor guy treestar Aug 2015 #24

This is heartbreaking. What a terrible burden, I am glad he is letting go. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #26

What a tragic loss... BeanMusical Aug 2015 #27

I was only 8 years old, LWolf Aug 2015 #29

Same here .. MinM Aug 2015 #73

I was 11 years old when I went door to door for Bobby Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #30

My mother became an American citizen a couple of years earlier when Kennedy was our Senator. George II Aug 2015 #33

A friend of ours in LA Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #34

I was only 5... my dad put me on his shoulders MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #35

Notice the tie...RFK pulled it off the security guard, Thane Eugene Cesar. Octafish Aug 2015 #39

didn't notice the tie until u pointed it out. a clip on Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #40

Caesar has been a person of interest for years. hifiguy Aug 2015 #41

Ace Security Octafish Aug 2015 #45

William Pepper 1norcal Aug 2015 #75

Larry Teeter & Scott Enyart MinM Aug 2015 #80

Many thanks... 1norcal Aug 2015 #84

Hugh Jackman was set to play William Pepper .. MinM Aug 2015 #88

Jackman to play Bond MinM Sep 2015 #90

I was only ten years old. ladyVet Aug 2015 #43

That is seared in my brain. It never stops hurting. Autumn Aug 2015 #46

I was 20 miles from that event Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #47

I worked with an RN--she was black, too--in the early 70's who was on that night in the ER mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #48

Why'd you use that photo? The photo associated with the online article is different. proverbialwisdom Aug 2015 #52

could post that link. found photo of Romero cradling Kennedy. wanted to show photo That Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #85

Haunting a la izquierda Aug 2015 #53

We are so much wiser now emsimon33 Aug 2015 #54

k&r avaistheone1 Aug 2015 #58

This explains so much about what he felt flamingdem Aug 2015 #61

I was a little kid but I remember like it was last week tblue Aug 2015 #64

I was fourteen when they assassinated RFK. Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #66

Dying, RFK wasn't alone mikehiggins Aug 2015 #67

I know - he looks all alone! cilla4progress Aug 2015 #79

My mom and author Romain Gary both had premonitions .. MinM Aug 2015 #72

Thank You 1norcal Aug 2015 #76

Well, there it is.. dougolat Aug 2015 #81

Yes 1norcal Aug 2015 #82

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2015 #83