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Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History
Audio recorded oral history interview with Dr. Earl F. Rose. A distinguished forensic pathologist, Rose served as Dallas County medical examiner from 1963 to 1968. In that capacity, he performed autopsies on Officer J.D. Tippit, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby. He would also have performed President Kennedy's autopsy had his body not been taken immediately back to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted via telephone on November 8, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History
11/08/2005
CD
68 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2005.001.0035
Several eyewitnesses at Parkland Memorial Hospital have shared over the years that Dr. Rose was involved in a heated argument and physical struggle with Secret Service agents over the president's remains since, according to state law, the president's body legally could not leave the state without an autopsy having been performed. When asked about this during his 2005 oral history, Rose denied that any confrontation took place. Dr. Rose passed away on May 1, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History
Audio recorded oral history interview with Dr. Earl F. Rose. A distinguished forensic pathologist, Rose served as Dallas County medical examiner from 1963 to 1968. In that capacity, he performed autopsies on Officer J.D. Tippit, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby. He would also have performed President Kennedy's autopsy had his body not been taken immediately back to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted via telephone on November 8, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Dr. Earl F. Rose Oral History
11/08/2005
Autopsy
Oral histories
Ruby, Jack
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Tippit, J.D.
Rose, Earl F.
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
CD
68 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2005.001.0035
Several eyewitnesses at Parkland Memorial Hospital have shared over the years that Dr. Rose was involved in a heated argument and physical struggle with Secret Service agents over the president's remains since, according to state law, the president's body legally could not leave the state without an autopsy having been performed. When asked about this during his 2005 oral history, Rose denied that any confrontation took place. Dr. Rose passed away on May 1, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator