Digital Journalist
An Aug. 14 Times
obit said
Joe O'Donnell's photograph of
John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin "became the most reproduced version of that memorable scene" and noted that "because he was on the government payroll, Mr. O'Donnell got no personal credit for those photos, although he signed and sold copies of them after his retirement from the White House in 1968."
Stan Stearns says
he shot the photo. "The true story about John-John saluting ... Made by me and it was a 'world beater' for UPI. ...When the photo was transmitted the credit was UPI/by Stan Stearns. Back in the day that was almost unheard of."
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O'Donnell's son says: "My father was not leading the life of Walter Mitty. I'm sorry for the can of worms [the obit's] opened."
(Editor & Publisher)
