He died but conspiracy theories seem immortal November 22, 2024 RWhitcomb-editor The John F Kennedy Library, in Boston. It was designed by I. M. Pei.Fcb981 photoKennedy was assassinated on this date in 1963. I (Robert Whitcomb) remember it well. I was in a high school biology lab cutting open a dead rat when a kid came rushing in saying that “some John Bircher (far righter) shot Kennedy.’’ As it turns out, it was a Communist — unless some exciting conspiracy theories are true. They’ll never die.