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JFK Superstar: The Kennedys of Hollywood

By Joseph McBride

August / September 1999

August 1, 1999 by Leave a Comment

JFK and family members in Ireland in June 1963.

The day Kennedy was elected president, my father, Raymond McBride, borrowed my 1928 "Al Smith for President" button and wore it to work at the Milwaukee Journal as a witty reminder of how far Irish Catholics had come in American national life. I was fortunate to have the opportunity of meeting JFK on three occasions in 1960 and 1962 because my mother, Marian, was vice-chairman … [Read more...] about JFK Superstar: The Kennedys of Hollywood

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