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Mark Lane
Mark Lane in Ann Arbor, 1967
Born(1927-02-24)February 24, 1927
DiedMay 10, 2016(2016-05-10) (aged 89)
NationalityAmerican
Known forConspiracy theorist on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Mark Lane (February 24, 1927 – May 10, 2016) was an American[1] attorney and former New York state legislator, civil rights activist, and Vietnam war-crimes investigator.

Lane was born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn.

He was best known as a leading researcher, author, and conspiracy theorist[2] on the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. He wrote the 1966 number-one bestselling critique of the Warren Commission, Rush to Judgment to The Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK, published in 2011.

Lane has written at least four major works on the JFK assassination and no fewer than ten books overall.

Lane died of a heart attack at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 10, 2016 at the age of 89.[3]

References

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  1. Mark Lane, "Palestinians in Israel: A Jewish Perspective", June 18, 1984 lecture at University of Calgary, as reported on in "Non-Profit" (editorial), The Jewish Star (Calgary edition), July 6, 1984, p. 4.
  2. Rosenthal, Harry F. (January 26, 1995). "Judge Rebukes Conspiracy Theorist Mark Lane". Associated Press. AP. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  3. "Mark Lane, Author of Best-Selling Book, "Rush to Judgment" on President Kennedy's Assassination, Dies at 89" (Press release).

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