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Investigative journalist and JFK assassination researcher

Gaeton Fonzi (October 10, 1935 – August 30, 2012^[1]) was an American investigative journalist and author known for his work on the assassination of John F.

Kennedy. He was a reporter and editor for Philadelphia magazine from 1959 to 1972,^[2] and contributed to a range of other publications, including The New York Times and Penthouse.^[1] He was hired as a researcher in 1975 by the Church Committee and by the House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1977, and in 1993 published a book on the subject, The Last Investigation, detailing his experiences as a Congressional researcher as well as his conclusions about the JFK assassination.^[3]

Background

Fonzi was born Gaetano Fonzi to Leonora and Gaetano Fonzi, a barber, in Philadelphia on October 10, 1935; he later shortened his first name.^[3] He grew up in West New York, N