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rfmcdonaldFrom today's edition of The Globe and Mail:
The Vancouver news media was in a tizzy yesterday, searching for a tall man in his late 40s named Jack, after reports surfaced that U.S. President John F. Kennedy had fathered a child who was living in Vancouver.
The New York Post reported that Vanity Fair magazine had been pursuing the story for more than a year, but had dropped it recently after contact with Senator Ted Kennedy, JFK's brother.
The Post said Vanity Fair had tracked down a tall man in his late 40s named Jack who bears a striking resemblance to JFK - and lives in Vancouver. The Post said the man's mother, who had been introduced to JFK by then-vice-president Lyndon Johnson, slammed the door when the magazine appeared at her home. Calls to Vanity Fair and the senator's office were not returned yesterday.
Although details were scarce and confirmation impossible, the possibility of Vancouver having its own claim to Camelot, a week before Valentine's Day, proved too tantalizing for local news media to resist.
"Could JFK have fathered another son and is he living in Vancouver? Answers tonight," promised a promo for Global's News Hour.
The local CBC website put out a call, asking listeners if they knew anyone who looked like a Kennedy. "We want to see your photo of someone who you think looks like the late American president."
On CTV's News at Six, reporter St. John Alexander stopped women of a certain age on the street and asked them if they'd had intimate relations with JFK. "I wish," one responded.
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At the Vancouver chapter of Democrats Abroad, chairman Sean Lauer was excited by the possibility of having a Kennedy around. "If this was somehow true and he was willing to sort of promote Democrats Abroad and the ability of people in Vancouver and actually all through Canada to vote from abroad in the U.S. election, then I'd be happy if that was the outcome."
