Michael Paine

Michael Paine

Michael R. Paine (born June 25, 1928) is a retired engineer who worked for Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas in 1963. He became notable after the assassination of John F. Kennedy because of his and his wife's acquaintance with assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

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