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THE brave Secret Service agent who leapt onto John F Kennedy’s limousine after he was assassinated has died at the age of 93.

Clint Hall passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife after spending decades haunted by the deadly shooting.

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In November 1963 Clint was assigned to protect the president’s wife, Jacqueline Kennedy as they rode a motorcade through Dallas, Texas.

Hill was riding on the side of a car behind the Kennedy’s limousine.

After the first shots rang out – directly hitting Kennedy – Clint heroically dived towards Jacqueline and climbed into the limo as the shooting continued.

An iconic image of Clint hanging onto the car as it sped away from the horrified crowds was later shown after footage of the assassination was released.

Clint, originally from North Dakota, served in the Army prior to joining the Secret Service in 1958.

He was given an award for his actions in Dallas and eventually rose to become assistant director of the Secret Service.

However the trauma he experienced during the assassination led him to retire early from the agency in 1975, at the age of 43.

He had become convinced that he could have saved Kennedy’s life and shortly after his retirement told CBS 60 Minutes that he felt responsible.

“If I had reacted about five-tenths of a second faster, maybe a second faster, I wouldn’t be here today,” Hill said.

“You mean you would have gotten there and you would have taken the shot?” asked interviewer Mike Wallace.

“Yes, sir… That would have been fine with me,” Hill responded.

“I have a great deal of guilt about that,” he said. “Had I turned in a different direction, I’d have made it. It’s my fault.”

As the years went by, the former Secret Service agent later told a documentary, he returned to Dallas, eventually coming to the conclusion he could not have saved Kennedy’s life.

Hill met journalist Lisa McCubbin in 2009 and collaborated on a bestselling memoir, Mrs Kennedy and Me.

It was the first of a series of books and Hill and McCubbin fell in love. The couple married in 2021.

YASIR AL-RUMAYYAN has flown into Newcastle to make the final decision on the club’s stadium.

The Magpies are assessing their options over whether to redevelop the iconic ground or move to a new stadium.

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The site for the potential new ground would not be far away and would overlap the current ground’s Leazes and Milburn Stands.

The rest of it would stand over what is currently part of Leazes Park.

It has been claimed that it would boast a capacity of 70,000 while a redeveloped St James’ Park would rise to 60,000.

The Telegraph has reported that the chairman was in a meeting on Monday over the plans.

It has claimed that the move to a new stadium has been presented to Al-Rumayyan.

The report suggests that the new-build is the “preferred option” with the “benefits being explained” to him.

However, it is not expected that a final decision is yet to be made.

Earlier this month it was hoped that Newcastle could continue to play at St James’ Park while work takes place.

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A temporary relocation has not been ruled out, but a groundshare with arch-rivals is out of the question.

The most realistic option would be to play at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, around 120 miles away and in Scotland.

A suggested completion date if building a new stadium was chosen would be ahead of the 2031-32 season.

If the new stadium is built and is the suggested capacity of 70,000 then it would be one of the biggest in the country.

It would be the second-biggest club football stadium in the country only behind Manchester United’s Old Trafford.

A new-build would see the Magpies follow a similar path to Tottenham, who build on owned land adjacent to their former ground.

Toon have been playing at their home stadium since 1892, with the 52,000-seater located at the heart of town.

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