Dr. Cyril Wecht has died at age 93 after spending much of his life pressing his view that more than one shooter was involved in President John Kennedy’s 1963…
Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93.
Wecht's lecture circuit demonstration detailing his theory that it was impossible for one bullet to cause the damage it did on that November day in Dallas made its way into Oliver Stone's movie"JFK" after the director consulted with him. It became the famous courtroom scene showing the path of the “magic bullet.”Attorney F. Lee Bailey called Wecht the"single most important spearhead of challenge" to the Warren report. Wecht's verbal sparring with Sen.
Wecht's outspokenness on the Kennedy assassination, and the publicity he generated, later made him a go-to pathologist on dozens of other high-profile cases ranging from Elvis Presley to JonBenet Ramsey, the child beauty queen whose death remains unsolved. In the months preceding the O.J. Simpson homicide trial in 1994, Wecht was a frequent talk show guest, conjecturing on the"Today" show and"Good Morning America" about the significance of blood samples and other evidence.
Still, in a series of interviews with The Associated Press in 2009, Wecht was circumspect, dwelling on the possibility of his death. His biggest fear, he noted at the time, was suffering or becoming dependent on friends and family.It's key, he said, to die recognizing those you love, because when you die, they won't be there anymore.
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