The archive / 2 case files

1960s

Editorial reconstruction of Robert Kennedy wounded on the Ambassador Hotel pantry floor, supported by a hotel worker representing Juan Romero, in navy, ochre, cream and brick-red print colours, not an archival photograph.

Who Really Shot Bobby Kennedy?

Robert Kennedy was shot after a California election victory, leaving a convicted gunman and enduring disputes about what happened in the hotel pantry.

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Four stylised 1969 Beatles walking across Abbey Road, with Paul McCartney barefoot, interpreting the documented photograph rather than a funeral

Case file 017Culture & Legends

Turn me on dead man

A student review, a radio phone-in and a barefoot photograph helped turn a false story about Paul McCartney into a lasting Beatles legend.

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1960s

Who Really Shot Bobby Kennedy?

Turn me on dead man

The truth is in here

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