“…At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President was pronounced dead. "We never had any hope of saving his life," one doctor said.[69] The Rev. Oscar L. Huber,[70] the priest who administered the last rites to Kennedy told The New York Times that the President was already dead by the time Huber had arrived at the hospital, and he had to draw back a sheet covering the President's face to administer the sacrament of Extreme Unction. Kennedy's death was officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff[71] at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC).[72] Governor Connally, meanwhile, was taken to emergency surgery, where he underwent two operations that day…”
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