Reply #28: Interesting time frame. My dad told me when I grew older that [View All]

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he could see exactly when I got over the trauma. (I startled my parents with an outburst of screaming in the living room watching Ed Sullivan. Shoot, I startled myself!)

I remember both instances well. I was 11. What was traumatic for me the most was I couldn't get the Kennedy children off my mind. It hurt me that they were hurting.

Anyway, dad told me my grades slipped after the president's death, and I perked up by being totally immersed in Beatlemania.