JFK: Breaking the News (2003) featured a cast of 31 tracked actors. Of these, 3 (16%) are still alive today and 16 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Dan Rather, age 94. This film starred Jane Pauley and Hugh Aynesworth.
16% still with us· verified cast10% of full cast · incl. 12 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 16% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 70.1 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast31 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jane Pauley Self - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) | Living | 31/10/1950 | 75 | — | 53 |
 Hugh Aynesworth Self | Self | Deceased | 02/08/1931 | 92 | 23/12/2023 | 72 |
 John Connally Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/02/1917 | 76 | 15/06/1993 | 86 |
 Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 04/11/1916 | 92 | 17/07/2009 | 87 |
 Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/08/1908 | 64 | 22/01/1973 | 95 |
 Peter Jennings Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/07/1938 | 67 | 07/08/2005 | 65 |
 John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/05/1917 | 46 | 22/11/1963 | 86 |
 Jacqueline Kennedy Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 28/07/1929 | 64 | 19/05/1994 | 74 |
 Jim Lehrer Self | Self | Deceased | 19/05/1934 | 85 | 23/01/2020 | 69 |
 Lee Harvey Oswald Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 18/10/1939 | 24 | 24/11/1963 | 64 |
 Jack Ruby Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/04/1911 | 55 | 03/01/1967 | 92 |
 Bob Schieffer Self | Self | Living | 25/02/1937 | 89 | — | 66 |
 Dan Rather Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 31/10/1931 | 94 | — | 72 |
Don Carleton Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mary Ann Watson Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Bert Shipp Self | Self | Deceased | — | — | — | — |
Darwin Payne Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Adlai Stevenson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/02/1900 | 65 | 14/07/1965 | 103 |
Wes Wise Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Lady Bird Johnson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 22/12/1912 | 94 | 11/07/2007 | 91 |
Bob Huffaker Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Nellie Connally Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Bob Welch Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mike Cochran Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
Bob Jackson Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Abraham Zapruder Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 15/05/1905 | 65 | 30/08/1970 | 98 |
Eddie Barker Self | Self | Deceased | — | — | — | — |
Kent Biffle Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Robert MacNeil Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/01/1931 | 93 | 12/04/2024 | 72 |
Homer Venso Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |