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The "official" time of death for President Kennedy was at 1:00 CST 2:00 EST but he actually was already dead by the time he reached Parkland Hospital. The shooting took place at 12:00 CST and it took 6 minutes to get to Parkland Hospital, so he should have been DOA at 12:36 CST

President Kennedy had a faint heart beat when he was being treated in the ER. He almost immediately though had cardiac arrest, and died. (Probably any other patient would have been pronounced DOA with the injuries President Kennedy had sustained) Priests were called for the last rites. One of the treating physicians, Dr. Perry, at the request of Mrs. Kennedy, agreed to a 1 PM CST time of death, because Mrs. Kennedy wanted the official time of death to be AFTER the last rites were administered. They were administered prior to 1 PM. The official ER log showed JFK was checked into the ER at 12:38 CST.

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