Robert F. Kennedy Clings to Life - June 5, 1968 - ABC News Special Report

"Pray for Bobby." Full news broadcast from 55 years ago this week in the hours following the shooting of RFK at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the hands of Sirhan Sirhan. Frank Reynolds anchors reports from the Good Samaritan Hospital and the White House. The string of Kennedy family tragedies is discussed. Includes footage from Senator Kennedy's gun control speech delivered days before in Oregon. RFK passed away the day after this special report, on June 6, 1968, at the age of 42.

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