1. Jeane Dixon was one of the best-known American psychics and astrologers of the 20th century, owing to her prediction of the assassination of President John F Kennedy, her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling biography.
Jeane Dixon was born in Medford, Wisconsin, but raised in Missouri and California.
Jeane Dixon's birth date was often reported as 1918, and Dixon would proffer this date to reporters, at one point even producing a passport to this effect, but she once testified in a deposition that she was born in 1910.
Jeane Dixon claimed that while growing up in California, a "Gypsy" gave her a crystal ball and read her palm, predicting she would become a famous seer and advise powerful people.
Jeane Dixon was married to James Dixon, a divorce, from 1939 until his death.
James Jeane Dixon was a car dealer in California, who later ran a successful real estate company in Washington, DC Jeane Dixon worked with her husband in the business for many years and served as the company's president.
Jeane Dixon later admitted she "saw Richard Nixon as the winner" and made unequivocal predictions that he would win.
Jeane Dixon appeared in the film The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, considering the predictions of Nostradamus and discussing her prediction of Kennedy's assassination.
Jeane Dixon wrote seven books, including her autobiography, a horoscope book for dogs, and an astrological cookbook.
Jeane Dixon gained public awareness through the biography A Gift of Prophecy: The Phenomenal Jeane Dixon, written by syndicated columnist Ruth Montgomery.
Jeane Dixon was a devout Roman Catholic and attributed her prophetic ability to God.
In 1967, Jeane Dixon was called by Webb and Etoila Hunter in Decatur, Alabama, who were searching for their 34-year-old missing daughter, Mary Faye Hunter.
Jeane Dixon told the family that Mary Faye was okay; however, Mary Faye was found dead several months after her disappearance.
Richard Nixon followed Jeane Dixon's writing through his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and met with Jeane Dixon in the Oval Office in 1971.
Jeane Dixon was one of several astrologers who gave advice to Nancy Reagan.
Jeane Dixon predicted that before the end of the 20th century, a pope would suffer bodily harm while another would be assassinated.
Many of Jeane Dixon's predictions proved erroneous, such as her claims that a dispute over the islands of Quemoy and Matsu would trigger the start of World War III in 1958, that American labor leader Walter Reuther would run for president of the United States in the 1964 presidential election, that the second child of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret would be a girl, and that the Soviets would be the first to put men on the Moon.
Randi notes a series of incorrect predictions that Jeane Dixon made, noting that these are only a few from a "very long" list.
Jeane Dixon suffered cardiac arrest and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, on January 25,1997.