[119], According to anti-Castro militant Carlos Bringuier, Oswald visited him on August 5 and 6 at a store he owned in New Orleans. [19] Marrs stated that Harrelson was involved "with criminals connected to intelligence agencies and the military" and suggested that he was connected to Jack Ruby through Russell Douglas Matthews, a third party with links to organized crime who was known to both Harrelson and Ruby. If you don't cease bothering my wife, I will take the appropriate action and report this to the proper authorities." 11, p. 298. Lee has to be seen as an emotionally, quite disturbed youngster who suffers under the impact of really existing emotional isolation and deprivation, lack of affection, absence of family life and rejection by a self involved and conflicted mother. SOURCE: Polygon The star father and mother in later years got divorced in 1964. When he failed to cooperate with school authorities, they sought a court order to remove him from his mother's care so he could be placed into a home for boys to complete his education. He was perpetually discontented with the world around him. In 1960, he was convicted of armed robbery. Diane Lou Oswald is famous as the mother of popular American actor and playwright, Woody Harrelson. [23] Edward Voebel, "whom the Warren Commission had established was Oswald's closest friend during his teenage years in New Orleans", said "reports that Oswald was already 'studying Communism' were a 'lot of baloney.'" Oswald shared three sons with her former husband, Charles. ", he replied, "No, I am not a communist. [126][127] A few days later, Oswald accepted Stuckey's invitation to take part in a radio debate with Carlos Bringuier and Bringuier's associate Edward Scannell Butler, head of the right-wing Information Council of the Americas (INCA). Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. [264] These photos were labelled CE 133-A and CE 133-B. She was born to Kenneth Oswald and Mary Lou Oswald but her actual date of birth is unknown. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he had a brief stint in New York theater. Agent Hosty said that he destroyed Oswald's note on orders from his superior, Gordon Shanklin, after Oswald was named the suspect in the Kennedy assassination. McLain, from whose motorcycle radio the HSCA acoustic experts said the Dictabelt evidence came,[252][253] has repeatedly stated that he was not yet in Dealey Plaza at the time of the assassination. Woody Harrelson is an American actor, and playwright. A few weeks later in October, Oswald quit school at age 17 to join the Marines;[21] he never earned a high school diploma. In 1992, the American Bar Association conducted two mock Oswald trials. The work is drab, the money I get has nowhere to be spent. she did not love him, but thought he was lonely and continued to date him out of pity. Despite forensic, ballistic, and eyewitness evidence supporting the official findings, public opinion polls have shown that most Americans still do not believe that the official version tells the whole truth of the events,[3] and the assassination spawned numerous conspiracy theories. Woody Harrelson was also an enthusiast and supporter of the legalization of marijuana and hemp. Marital Status: Married. G. Robert Blakey, chief counsel for the House Select Committee on Assassinations from 1977 to 1979, said: "The most plausible explanation for the murder of Oswald by Jack Ruby was that Ruby had stalked him on behalf of organized crime, trying to reach him on at least three occasions in the forty-eight hours before he silenced him forever. He was convicted of armed robbery in 1960 and admitted that he had been involved in dozens of murders beginning in the early 1960s. He entered the tenth grade in 1955 but quit school after one month. Well, isn't that unusual, as Lee Harvey Oswald is officially acknowledged as JFK's killer. [153] Three shell casings were found on the floor near the window, and a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle with telescopic sight was found on the northwest corner of the sixth-floor near the staircase. 1, p. 146. Failed to subscribe, please contact admin. "[200] As he was led from the room the question was called out, "What did you do in Russia?" Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [n 1][1][2]. [131][132] He arrived in Mexico City on September 27, where he applied for a transit visa at the Cuban consulate,[133] claiming he wanted to visit Cuba on his way to the Soviet Union. 18, p. 108, CE 912, sfn error: no target: CITEREFMailer2007 (. Warren Commission Hearings Vol. Although the Committee was "unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy", it made a number of further findings regarding the likelihood that particular groups, named in the findings, were involved. [75], The Oswalds soon settled in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, where Lee's mother and brother lived. Reporters covering the burial were asked to act as pallbearers. Charles was sentenced to life in prison for fatally . 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Chagra, 63, Drug Kingpin, Dies", "Warren Commission Critics Push Cover-Up Theory", "Guard Foils Escape Attempt by Woody Harrelson's Dad", "New Podcast 'Son Of A Hitman' Investigates Woody Harrelson's Hitman Dad, Including His JFK Assassination Claim", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Harrelson&oldid=1152032057, This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 19:00. "[56] He told the U.S. embassy interviewing officer, Richard Edward Snyder, that "he had been a radar operator in the Marine Corps and that he had voluntarily stated to unnamed Soviet officials that as a Soviet citizen he would make known to them such information concerning the Marine Corps and his specialty as he possessed. [242], The proceedings of the commission were closed, though not secret. His father, Charles Harrelson, was a hitman who was convicted of assassinating a federal judge, while his mother, Diane Lou Oswald, was a legal secretary. On October 20 (a month before the assassination), the Oswalds' second daughter, Audrey, was born. [213][214], When homicide detective Jim Leavelle testified before the Warren Commission, he said that the first time he had ever sat in on an interrogation with Oswald was on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963. [123] In fact, Oswald was the branch's only member and it had never been chartered by the national organization. He lived in Minsk, Byelorussia, married a Russian woman named Marina, and had a daughter. Oswald was then shown a forged Selective Service System card bearing his photograph and the alias, "Alek James Hidell" that he had in his possession at the time of his arrest. [170][171][172], According to the investigations, after the shooting Oswald covered the rifle with boxes and descended via the rear stairwell. The ex-husband of Diane Lou Oswald was found dead in his cell on March 15, 2007. [96] A note Oswald left for Marina on the night of the attempt, telling her what to do if he did not return, was found ten days after the Kennedy assassination. Hartogs reported that she did not understand that Lee's withdrawal was a form of "violent but silent protest against his neglect by her and represents his reaction to a complete absence of any real family life". [87] He also purchased a .38 Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver by the same method. [256] Their conclusions were published in the journal Science. One witness (L.J. G. Robert Blakey and Richard N. 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[citation needed] Harrelson was convicted of killing Judge Wood after being hired by drug dealer Jamiel Chagra of El Paso, Texas. 22, p. 687, CE 1382. When Oswald was asked to account for himself at the time of the assassination, he replied that he was eating his lunch in the first-floor lounge (known as the "domino room"). "[169], The paper bag Frazier had described was found by police near the open sixth-floor window from which Oswald was determined to have fired;[153] it was 38 inches (97cm) long and had marks on its inside consistent with having been used to carry a rifle. It concluded that Kennedy was struck by two bullets fired from above and behind him: one of which traversed the base of the neck on the right side without striking bone, and the other of which entered the skull from behind and destroyed its right side. Oswald entered the first grade in 1945 and over the next six years attended several different schools in the Fort Worth areas through the sixth grade. [4] Robert Oswald was a third cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt and a distant cousin of Confederate general Robert E. Lee and served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. Harrelson was paid $2,000 (the equivalent of $16,000 in 2020) for the murder of Degelia, a grain dealer and father of four who was killed in McAllen, Texas. "[229] Rose's examination found that the bullet entered Oswald's left side in the front part of the abdomen and caused damage to his spleen, stomach, aorta, vena cava, kidney, liver, diaphragm, and eleventh rib before coming to rest on his right side. [59][60], Though Oswald had wanted to attend Moscow State University, in January 1960 he was sent to Minsk, Belarus, to work as a lathe operator at the Gorizont Electronics Factory, which produced radios, televisions, and military and space electronics. He earned a bachelor's degree in English and drama until 1983, after which he moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actor. "Kennedy's assassin" redirects here. Oswald declared, "I didn't shoot anybody" and, "They've taken me in because of the fact that I lived in the Soviet Union. [20][40], Oswald was court-martialed after he accidentally shot himself in the elbow with an unauthorized .22 caliber handgun. He has been working in the movie and television field for over 30 years and has succeeded as one of the most acclaimed actors. [23][24], In 1982 Harrelson told Dallas TV station KDFW-TV, "Do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy, alone, without any aid from a rogue agency of the US government or at least a portion of that agency? "[114], On May 26, Oswald wrote to the New York City headquarters of the pro-Fidel Castro Fair Play for Cuba Committee, proposing to rent "a small office at my own expense for the purpose of forming a FPCC branch here in New Orleans". [5][6] Robert died of a heart attack two months before Lee was born. According to McConaughey, his mother claimed to have known Woody's father around the time that she bore McConaughey, and the two actors have discussed taking a DNA test to be certain. "[223][224][225], On Sunday, November 24, detectives were escorting Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters toward an armored car that was to take him from the city jail (located on the fourth floor of police headquarters) to the nearby county jail. Cynthia Germanotta: Where Is Lady Gagas Mother Now? These were the law offices of Guy Banister, a former FBI agent, an avid segregationist, and a local politician. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 263. Bystander James Tague received a minor facial injury from a small piece of curbstone that had fragmented after it was struck by one of the bullets. Oswald was never prosecuted because he was murdered two days after the assassination. '"[255], In 1982, a panel of twelve scientists appointed by the National Academy of Sciences, including Nobel laureates Norman Ramsey and Luis Alvarez, unanimously concluded that the acoustic evidence submitted to the HSCA was "seriously flawed", was recorded after the shots, and did not indicate additional gunshots. As Oswald's wife Marina was showing Jeanne around the apartment, they discovered Oswald's rifle standing upright, leaning against the wall inside a closet. "[137][138], While the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had visited Mexico City and the Cuban and Soviet consulates, questions regarding whether someone posing as Oswald had appeared at the embassies were serious enough to be investigated by the House Select Committee on Assassinations. The Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (19851993). 3, pp. He said that he then went to the second-floor lunchroom to buy a Coca-Cola from the soda machine there and was drinking it when he encountered Dallas motorcycle policeman Marrion L. Baker, who had entered the building with his gun drawn. 7, p. 439. As we just learned, Charles Harrelson may have killed JFK. This information is part of McDonald and Potts family tree by Dr Wilton McDonald on Genealogy Online. Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War. Oswald's search for what he conceived to be the perfect society was doomed from the start. 23, p. 392393, CE 1785. "Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [33] He was given the military occupational specialty of Aviation Electronics Operator. [52], According to Oswald, he met with four more Soviet officials that day, who asked if he wanted to return to the United States. She is the mother of 3 kids: Woody Harrelson, Brett Harrelson, and Jordan Harrelson. According to Woody, his father disappeared from the family's home in Houston in 1968, leaving his wife Diane to raise Woody and his two brothers. [150] On Thursday, November 21, 1963, Oswald asked Frazier for an unusual mid-week lift back to Irving, saying he had to pick up some curtain rods. Tammy Collins: Everything About Kirk Franklins Wife, Woody Harrelson, Brett Harrelson, Jordan Harrelson. Harrelson's father, who was a contract killer, was arrested for the killing of Judge John H. Wood Jr. by rifle fire in 1979 in San Antonio. Out of these and the many other factors which may have molded the character of Lee Harvey Oswald there emerged a man capable of assassinating President Kennedy. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. On September 22, 1970, he was acquitted by a jury in Angleton, Texas. [125] The next day, Oswald was interviewed by WDSU radio commentator William Stuckey, who probed Oswald's background. He was demoted from private first class to private and briefly imprisoned. [115] Three days later, the FPCC responded to Oswald's letter advising against opening a New Orleans office "at least not at the very beginning". [90], General Walker was an outspoken anti-communist, segregationist, and member of the John Birch Society. [113] The trial of Clay Shaw began in January 1969 in Orleans Parish Criminal Court. [187][188] Numerous witnesses heard the shots and saw Oswald flee the scene holding a revolver; nine positively identified him as the man who shot Tippit and fled. [97][98][99][100], Before the Kennedy assassination, Dallas police had no suspects in the Walker shooting,[101] but Oswald's involvement was suspected within hours of his arrest following the assassination. [182][183], The Warren Commission concluded that at approximately 1:15p.m., Dallas Patrolman J. D. Tippit drove up in his patrol car alongside Oswald, presumably because Oswald resembled the broadcast description of the man seen by witness Howard Brennan firing shots at Kennedy's motorcade. [18][19] During the standoff, he threatened suicide and stated that he had killed both Judge Wood and President John F. At 2:45p.m. the same day, an autopsy was performed on Oswald in the Office of the County Medical Examiner. Actor: True Detective. This information is part of McDonald and Potts family tree by Dr Wilton McDonald on Genealogy Online. Lee began a manuscript on Soviet life, though he eventually gave up the project. [254] McLain asked the Committee, "'If it was my radio on my motorcycle, why did it not record the revving up at high speed plus my siren when we immediately took off for Parkland Hospital? [139], According to a CIA document released in 2017, it is possible Oswald was trying to get the necessary documents from the embassies to make a quick escape to the Soviet Union after the assassination. Secret Helsinki. When asked about Oswald's reaction to this question, George de Mohrenschildt told the Warren Commission that Oswald "smiled at that". Makani Ravello Harrelson, Woody Harrelsons daughter, Zoe Giordano Harrelson, Untold truth about Woody Harrelsons daughter, Deni Montana Harrelson, Woody Harrelsons daughter, Fred Lightfoot: Facts About Gordon Lightfoots Son. Still, I'm just now gauging whether he merits my loyalty or friendship. While Woody's father Charles passed away 16 years ago from a heart attack in his prison cell, his mother, Diane Lou Oswald, is still alive. [177] Oswald was believed to have left the depository through the front entrance just before police sealed it off. Jonglez Publishing, 2019. Diane Lou Harrelson (Oswald) (1940-d.) Diane Lou Oswald was born on April 8, 1937 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States, daughter of Kenneth Oswald and Mary Lou Lauterwasser. His ex-wife Diane Lou Oswald is the mother of Woody Harrelson and his two brothers. Diane Lou Oswald is the mother of Woodrow Tracy Harrelson, a famous actor and also a playwright. [16][19], Oswald completed the eighth and ninth grades in New Orleans. Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, on November 22, 1963. He was honorably released from active duty in the Marine Corps into the Marine Corps Reserve, then flew to Europe and defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959. Oswald and his mother were later asked to leave after an argument in which Oswald allegedly struck his mother and threatened John's wife with a pocket knife.[12][13][14]. Oswald was 5feet 9inches (1.75m) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68kg). 3, p. 173. 2, p. 435. Also in English were added in script: "To my friend George, Lee Oswald, 5/IV/63 [April 5, 1963]. [58] The story of the defection of a former U.S. Marine to the Soviet Union was reported by both the Associated Press and United Press International. I never had [the] occasion to talk with him at any time"[215] During Oswald's last interrogation on November 24, according to postal inspector Harry Holmes, Oswald was again asked where he was at the time of the shooting. "; Oswald answered, "A policeman hit me. Voebel said that "Oswald commonly read 'paperback trash'". Baker later said Oswald did not seem "nervous" or "out of breath". He is best known for his performances in White Men Cant Jump, The Hunger Games, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Kingpin.He has been nominated and won several awards on several occasions. In the absence of Joe's testimony, Jamiel Chagra was acquitted of the murder. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. Evelyn D. Siegel, a social worker who interviewed both Lee and Marguerite Oswald at Youth House, while describing "a rather pleasant, appealing quality about this emotionally starved, affectionless youngster which grows as one speaks to him", found that he had detached himself from the world around him because "no one in it ever met any of his needs for love". In 1960, he was convicted of armed robbery. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [61] Stanislau Shushkevich, who later became independent Belarus's first head of state, also worked at Gorizont at the time, and was assigned to help Oswald improve his Russian. 273275. I'm just a patsy! Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [16], When Oswald returned to school for the 1953 Fall semester, his disciplinary problems continued. [84], In July 1962, Oswald was hired by the Leslie Welding Company as a sheet metal worker in Dallas; he disliked the work and quit after three months. In September 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone when assassinating Kennedy. [240], In 2010, Miller Funeral Home employed a Los Angeles auction house to sell the original coffin to an anonymous bidder for $87,468. Fellow cadets variously recalled him attending CAP meetings "three or four" times, or "10 or 12 times", over a one- to three-month period. [n 3] Oswald spent two days with his mother in Fort Worth, then embarked by ship on September 20 from New Orleans to Le Havre, France, and immediately traveled to the United Kingdom. Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 18, p. 131, CE 931. [239] Dental records confirmed it was Oswald. In December 1956, he scored 212, which was slightly above the requirements for the designation of sharpshooter. It is uncertain when he left New Orleans; he is next known to have boarded a bus in Houston on September 26 bound for the Mexican border, rather than Dallas and to have told other bus passengers that he planned to travel to Cuba via Mexico. "[267] Handwriting experts for the HSCA concluded the English inscription and signature were by Oswald. [74] Oswald, Marina, and their infant daughter left for the United States, where they received less attention from the press than Oswald expected. The bullet struck the window-frame and Walker's only injuries were bullet fragments to the forearm. Oswald attended seventh grade in the Bronx, New York, but was often truant, which led to a psychiatric assessment at a juvenile reformatory. HSCA Appendix to Hearings, vol. [244], The acoustic evidence has since been discredited. "[22] According to Jim Marrs' 1989 book Crossfire, Harrelson is believed to be the youngest and tallest of the "three tramps" by many conspiracy theorists. [54][55] "I have made up my mind", he said; "I'm through. [30] John Pic (Oswald's half-brother) testified to the Warren Commission that Oswald's enlistment was motivated by wanting "to get from out and under the yoke of oppression from my mother". [124], A week later, on August 16, Oswald again passed out Fair Play for Cuba leaflets with two hired helpers, this time in front of the International Trade Mart. Dianes son was briefly married to Nancy Simon in the 80s, and later married his former assistant, Laura Louie, with whom he has three daughters. [180] Oswald then took a taxicab to his rooming house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue and entered through the front door at about 1:00p.m. "[233], Miller Funeral Home had great difficulty finding a cemetery willing to accept Oswald's remains; Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth eventually agreed. [262], Oswald had sent one of the photos to The Militant's New York office with an accompanying letter stating he was "prepared for anything": according to Sylvia Weinstein, who handled the newspaper's subscriptions at the time, Oswald was seen as a "kookie" and politically "dumb and totally naive", as he apparently did not know that The Militant, published by the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party, and The Worker, published by the pro-Soviet Communist Party USA, were rival publications and ideologically opposed to each other. ", "Notable Tomb Tuesday Robert E. Lee Oswald, father of Lee Harvey Oswald", Schedule showing known addresses of Lee Harvey Oswald from the time of his birth, "Robert Oswald, brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 83", "Appendix 13: Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald", Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Appendix 13 1964, "Chapter 7: Lee Harvey Oswald: Background and Possible Motives", Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chapter 7 1964, FBI transcript of letter from Lee Oswald to the Socialist Party of America, October 3, 1956, Oswald, David Ferrie and the Civil Air Patrol, PBS Frontline "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald", "A Monday of funerals, and learning a bit more about the man who killed Kennedy", "Warren Commission Hearings, Folsom Exhibit No. Furthermore, his mother did not apparently indicate an awareness of the relationship between her conduct and her son's psychological problems, with Siegel describing Marguerite as a "defensive, rigid, self-involved person who had real difficulty in accepting and relating to people" and who had "little understanding" of Lee's behavior and of the "protective shell he has drawn around himself". Warren Commission Hearings, vol. [176] As they walked past each other, Mrs. Reid said to Oswald, "The President has been shot" to which he mumbled something in response, but Reid did not understand him. He was honorably released from active duty in the Marine Corps into the Marine Corps Reserve, then flew to Europe and defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959. By this point, he had resided at 22 locations and attended 12 schools. 140141. His daughter Zoe Giordano Harrelson. 2021-08-27 Diane Lou Oswald was born on April 8, 1937 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States, daughter of Kenneth Oswald and Mary Lou Lauterwasser. [192] He alerted the theater's ticket clerk, who telephoned police[193] at about 1:40p.m. As police arrived, the house lights were brought up and Brewer pointed out Oswald sitting near the rear of the theater. Oswald immediately fired his pistol and killed the policeman with four shots. On May 24, 1962, Oswald and Marina applied at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow for documents that enabled her to immigrate to the U.S. On June 1, the U.S. Embassy gave Oswald a repatriation loan of $435.71. He won awards including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
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