Two months later on June 5, after winning the crucial California primary, RFK was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian who opposed the senator’s pro-Israel stance. Twenty-five hours later, he died at only 42 years old—even younger than his brother John F. Kennedy, 46, when he was sl...
death, he had saved David when the 12-year-old got trapped in the undertow while swimming at the beach, and David stayed up late that night to watch his father on television winning the California Democratic presidential primary, only to witness, instead, his fatal shooting by Sirhan Sirhan....