Clint Hill: US Secret Service agent during Kennedy assassination dies aged 93
Clint Hill spent decades blaming himself for Kennedy's death before re-evaluating his role.
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Clint Hill later became a bestselling author, but was haunted for decades by guilt over Kennedy's assassination.
Hill died at his home on California on Friday, according to a statement from his publicist.
On 22 November 1963, he was assigned to protect the president's wife, Jacqueline Kennedy.
Hill was riding on a car behind the Kennedy limousine when the first shot rang out.
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