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Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy
Paul Schrade
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Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy
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Male
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Birth:
17 December 1924(Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, USA)
Death:
2022
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Education:
Yale University
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Biography
Paul Schrade (December 17, 1924 – November 9, 2022) was an American trade union activist. While vice president of the United Auto Workers, he was shot in the head during the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Schrade believed that while he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, Kennedy was shot by a second gunman. Paul Schrade is featured in the Netflix documentary Bobby Kennedy for President. The Paul Schrade Library at the Los Angeles High School of the Arts was named after him.
On the question of CIA involvement in the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Schrade said, "It's possible. I mean, they've done worse things, haven't they?"