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Kennedy Assassination Statement by the Doctor Who Pronounced JFK Dead and Signed His Death Certificate, Kemp Clark

Kemp Clark, chief of neurosurgery, and one of the attending physicians to JFK while in the Emergency Room, signed typed partial statement about that day at Parkland Memorial Hospital. 8.5" x 11". Dated "Nov 22 1965", and signed "Kemp Clark". Fine condition. Accompanied by a photocopy of the 11 page Kemp Clark Testimony provided to the Warren Commission for additional context.

The assassination of President John Kennedy brought forward one of the most controversial investigations of all-time. Mis-documentation, conspiracy theories, conflicting statements, conflicting accounts, movies, books and debates. The entire Warren report was considered a cover up, and all the evidence, and affidavits tampered. On the day of the assassination, Kemp Clark entered the Emergency Room while Dr. Malcom Perry was performing a tracheotomy. He assisted in withdrawing the endotracheal tube from the throat as Dr. Perry was then ready to insert the tracheotomy tube. Dr. Clark then examined the President with findings that his pupils were widely dilated, did not react to light, and his eyes were deviated outward. He then proceeded to examine the wound in the back of the President's head. Per his statement to the Warren commission: "This was a large gaping wound in the right posterior part, with cerebral and cerebellar tissue being damaged and exposed. There was considerable blood loss evident on the carriage, the floor, and the clothing of some of the people present. I would estimate 1,500cc of blood being present … I felt for a carotid pulse and felt none. Therefore I began external cardiac massage. However Dr. Jones stated that he felt a femoral pulse … The cardiotachioscope had been attached and Dr. Found Bashour had arrived. There was transient electrical activity of the President's heart of an undefined type. Approximately, at this time the external cardiac massage became ineffectual and no pulsations could be felt. At this time it was decided to pronounce the President dead … Death was fixed at 1 p.m. … it is first, extremely difficult to state precisely when death occurs … I filled out the death certificate at the request of Dr. George Burkley, the President's physician at the White House … "

Dr. Kemp Clark was one of the most significant people interviewed from the day of the Kennedy assassination. His testimony provided to the Warren Commission consists of 11 typed pages.

Our signed typed document offered here is dated "November 22, 1965" and shown in full below reiterating some of the salient events from that day:

"The President arrived in the Emergency Room at exactly 12:45 p.m. in his limousine. He was in the back seat, Gov. Connally was brought out first and was put in room two. President was put in room one. Dr. Clark pronounced the President dead at 1 p.m. exactly. All of the President's belongings, except his watch which was given to Mr. O.P. Wright, were given to the Secret Service. He left the Emergency Room, the President, at 2 p.m. in an O'Neal ambulance. He was put in a bronze colored plastic casket after being wrapped in a blanket and was taken out of the hospital. The Gov. was taken to the Operating Room. / Kemp Clark."

A fantastic set for the Kennedy collector.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.