Word: deaths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...retrospectives on Kennedy on the anniversary of his death have lent themselves to gross sensationalism. One television movie, Kennedy, starring Martin Sheen, used as a backdrop to its logo, a red, white, and blue banner splattered with blood Geraldo Rivera has joined the fray with another of his infamous television specials, "On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald...
THIS fascination with death and tragedy has become a recent media trend. When the shuttle Challenger exploded in January of 1986, television reporters rushed to make comparisons with the Kennedy assasination...
...lamented the timing of most commemorations of his brother: "The November 22 anniversary is coming up, and it's understandable that people who admired President Kennedy want to honor him then. But that date is always a sad occasion for our family. We want to remember my brother's death, not relive his death...
...public life, these accomplishments seem less significant when viewed in the ominous shadow of his assasination. It is like watching a play of his life with a chorus sitting in the rear of the stage whispering "if only he had lived, if only he had lived..." Unfortunately, Kennedy's death, now a national obsession, has become the most memorable accomplishment of his life...
Over the past few days countless commentators, political scientists and Kennedy associates have lamented that America lost something with Kennedy's death. They disagree on exactly what--some say innocence, others say hope and yet others say confidence. But all concede that the nation changed drastically in the years that followed Kennedy's death, and that his death is in large part responsible for those changes...