| 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]
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]
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