1. Jesse Edward Curry was an American police officer who was the chief of the Dallas Police Department from 1960 to 1966, which included the period of the assassination of President John F Kennedy in downtown Dallas on November 22,1963.
14 Facts About Jesse Curry
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Jesse Curry's father served as a police officer in Dallas for a brief period of time before becoming a Baptist minister.
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Jesse Curry was an all-district tackle and led his high school football team to the state finals against Greenville High School in 1933.
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Jesse Curry studied optometry for a short time after graduation.
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Jesse Curry joined the Dallas Police Department as a traffic officer on May 1,1936, and worked his way up the ranks to become the chief of police on January 20,1960.
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Dallas Chief of Police Jesse Curry was riding in the lead car of the Presidential motorcade with sheriff James Eric "Bill" Decker when they turned west off Houston Street onto Elm Street.
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Jesse Curry had allowed journalists and camera men into the area to witness the transfer in an effort to quell rumors that Oswald was being mistreated while in police custody.
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Jesse Curry was a member of the St John's United Methodist Church in Dallas, where he was a choir member.
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Jesse Curry then married Bessie "Bea" Wilhelm with whom he had a daughter, Cathey.
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In 1969, he wrote a book on the subject of JFK's assassination entitled, Retired Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry Reveals His Personal JFK Assassination File.
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On November 5,1969, Jesse Curry held a press conference to announce the release of his book said to contain his "personal file" of the assassination.
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Jesse Curry suffered from diabetes and survived a stroke in 1978.
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On June 22,1980, Jesse Curry suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep at his Dallas home.
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Jesse Curry was taken to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas where he was pronounced dead, at age 66.