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Surprised no one has noted this.

https://www.courant.com/obituaries/hc-obituary-thomas-joseph-rossley-20190113-story.html

Tom was a really knowledgeable and articulate guy who was not afraid to take on anyone about the JFK case.  

Somehow he arranged for his web  site to exist for seven years after his death.  I guess that was his way of getting the last slap in at McAdams and Von Pein.  Nice one Tom.

http://www.whokilledjfk.net/

He was indefatigable.  RIP Tom.  You will be missed.

 

 

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You can say that again.  LOL.  BTW, I had no idea he was that old.  He sure did not come off like it.

There is a lot of raw information on his web site.

His and Gil Jesus' web site are valuable in that regard.

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On 4/26/2019 at 11:34 PM, James DiEugenio said:

Surprised no one has noted this.

https://www.courant.com/obituaries/hc-obituary-thomas-joseph-rossley-20190113-story.html

Tom was a really knowledgeable and articulate guy who was not afraid to take on anyone about the JFK case.  

Somehow he arranged for his web  site to exist for seven years after his death.  I guess that was his way of getting the last slap in at McAdams and Von Pein.  Nice one Tom.

http://www.whokilledjfk.net/

He was indefatigable.  RIP Tom.  You will be missed.

 

 

Tom was amazing. He is one of several Facebook friends who passed away in the last few years that I had no clue of their passing until several months later, usually by wishing them a "happy birthday" when the announcement automatically came up or by just plain wondering where they disappeared to. 

I, too, had no idea Tom was as old as he was! R.I.P.

 

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He sure did not act anywhere near his age.

The guy was just so energetic.

His debates are really something.  He was a take no prisoners types debater.

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I "met" him on a JFK assassination discussion board right after my wife and I got our first computer in 1998.

The depth of his knowledge amazed me at the time.

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First off - sorry to hear about the sad news...  that site has always been a gold mine...
I need to go see some of those debates though....

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To Tony's post....

When the rifle is right side up, the sketch is there... upside down...
no sketch...

then again, I don't think it was supposed to be Oswald... he's never had a widow's peak 

Don't know why they would leave that there and even go out of the way to mention it...

FWIW

 

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Evidence: Rifle and Police Artist Sketch [Negative #2]

DESCRIPTION:Photograph of a piece of evidence. There is a rifle with a scope sitting on a counter near a drawing of a man.

 

Evidence: Rifle and Police Artist Sketch [Print]

DESCRIPTION:Photograph of a piece of evidence. A rifle with a scope is shown on a counter next to a police artist sketch.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/JFKDP/browse/?q=rifle&t=fulltext&sort=#result-5

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The photo showing the rifle upside down appears to show the sketch-up laying face-down on a box to the right

Great little website, I remember looking there many years ago. Many thanks to the late Tom Rossley :up

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  • 1 year later...

He was a good friend who had me over for dinner several times in last few years. He was also a close friend of the late Harold Weisberg. He could be crude and abusive to the lone nutters, but his knowledge of the case was unmatched. He gave me a lot of information. He told me to "hit them with the evidence" and that's what I've tried to do. RIP, my friend, I'll see you again on the other side.

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I always found his site full of data.  He was always adding to it, I saw so many "under construction"  signs there.

He left a message that he had arranged for his site to stay up for seven years after his death.

The message was, look you WC backers, just because I will be gone, my stuff is still here, so there.

What a fighting spirit.

 

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Some great early 11/22/63 and 11/23/63 evidence photos and affidavits on this site used above....just follow the link provided of one of the rifle photos.... here are some that interested me...  those 3(three) backyard photos found within 28 hours.

 

 

 

 

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