Chauncey Marvin Holt Explained

Birth Date:23 October 1921
Birth Place:Kentucky, United States
Known For:Claimed links to JFK's assassination

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.[1]

Background

Holt was born in Kentucky.[1] He moved to San Diego County in the 1970s and lived in La Mesa, California during the last decade of his life.[1] Holt died of cancer at the age of 75, and was survived by a daughter and granddaughter.[1]

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.[1] [2] According to Holt, he was a CIA operative sent to Dallas to deliver phony Secret Service credentials.[1] [2] He also claimed to have worked as an accountant for Meyer Lansky.[1] [2] 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

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Notes and References

  1. News: [<!-- Official link here: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/1243502521.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS&type=current&date=Jul+5%2C+1997&author=Valerie+Alvord&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&edition=&startpage=B.7.1.6&desc=Chauncey+Holt%3B+claimed+inside+scoop+in+JFK+killing --><!-- Text copied here: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.conspiracy.jfk/msg/38656008e072f432 --> Chauncey Holt; claimed inside scoop in JFK killing ]. Valerie . Alvord . The San Diego Union-Tribune . San Diego . July 5, 1997 . B.7.1.6.
  2. Gates . David . David Gates (author) . December 23, 1991 . Bottom Line: How Crazy Is It? . Newsweek . 118. 52–54 .