The Resume

(September 18, 1924-November 22, 1963)
Officer in the Dallas Police Department (1952-1963)
Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald as he was fleeing the assassination of John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)
Posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor from the National Police Hall of Fame (1964)

Why he might be annoying:

Many conspiracy theories claim that he had a part in the Kennedy death.
He may have had links with the Mafia.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death under have given rise to countless accusations of other people being involved in his murder, even though eyewitnesses clearly saw Oswald shoot him.

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in the Seventeenth Airborne Division during World War II.
He was a dedicated family man.
He approached Oswald as he was running away from Kennedy's murder.
The two conversed for a few minutes until Oswald pulled out a gun and fired four shots into Tippit.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• I am a Texan
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Died in 1963 (Ranked: 39)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 39)
• I Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
• I Took a Bullet
• I was Murdered
• Kennedy Assassination Participants
• Oliver Stone's Bio-Pics
• Police Officers
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11889)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 1]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19631122)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 50 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 42 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 71 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 216 Votes: 43.98% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 290 Votes: 39.66% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 483 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 146 Votes: 26.71% Annoying