Chauncey Marvin Holt
{{Short description|American artist (1921–1997)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|10|23}}
| birth_place = Kentucky, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|06|28|1921|10|23}}
| known_for = Claimed links to JFK's assassination
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Chauncey Marvin Holt (October 23, 1921 – June 28, 1997) was an American known for claiming to be one of the "three tramps" photographed in Dealey Plaza shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.{{cite news |title=Chauncey Holt; claimed inside scoop in JFK killing |first=Valerie |last=Alvord |url= |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |location=San Diego |date=July 5, 1997 |page=B.7.1.6}}
Background
Holt was born in Kentucky. He moved to San Diego County in the 1970s and lived in La Mesa, California during the last decade of his life. Holt died of cancer at the age of 75, and was survived by a daughter and granddaughter.
Claims of involvement in JFK assassination
In a 1991 Newsweek article about Oliver Stone's JFK, Holt received national attention for various claims he made regarding the assassination of President Kennedy.{{cite journal |last=Gates |first=David |authorlink=David Gates (author) |date=December 23, 1991 |title=Bottom Line: How Crazy Is It? |journal=Newsweek |volume=118|pages=52–54 |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1991/12/23/bottom-line-how-crazy-is-it.html}} According to Holt, he was a CIA operative sent to Dallas to deliver phony Secret Service credentials. He also claimed to have worked as an accountant for Meyer Lansky. His account is further explored in his autobiography Self-Portrait of a Scoundrel, which was posthumously released by TrineDay Publishing in August 2013.[https://trineday.com/products/self-portrait-of-a-scoundrel?_pos=1&_sid=d86187dc0&_ss=r]{{SPS|date=June 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5MgCG4COY A CIA Agent’s Stunning Confessions Before His Death] (Documentary Central)
- [http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v3n2/v3n2holt.pdf Holt's review of Gerald Posner's Case Closed]
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Category:People associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Category:Artists from Kentucky
Category:Deaths from cancer in California