Hundreds Pay Respects at John Connally Rites
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AUSTIN, Tex. — Hundreds of mourners, including Lady Bird Johnson and former President Richard Nixon, paid their last respects Thursday to former Gov. John B. Connally.
His family refused to comment about whether bullet fragments lodged in Connally’s wrist and thigh during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were removed before burial, as requested by private researchers.
Connally died Tuesday of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 76.
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