Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/covering-jfk-confirming-kennedy-8217-s-death Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Without the conveniences of cell phones or Internet access, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer spent a lot of time finding telephone landlines to report details on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. MacNeil describes the moment when then-press secretary Malcolm Kilduff confirmed that Kennedy had died of a gunshot wound to the brain. Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Nov 20, 2013