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Abraham Zapruder

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (May 15, 1905-August 30, 1970)
    Captured the only known movie camera film of the JFK assassination in Dallas (November 22, 1963)
    Sold the footage to Life magazine for $150,000 ($25,000 a year over a six year period)
    Died of a brain tumor at age 65

Why he might be annoying:

    Many pronounce his name Za-PRU-der, while he insisted the stress should be on the first syllable, ZA-Pru-der.
    His secretary had to hold him steady while he shot the film as he suffered from vertigo.
    While his film had yet to be developed he went on live TV and told millions how he saw the president's head 'practically open up.'
    He had nightmares about it and sold the film with the agreement that frame 313, the fatal head shot, would not be published (it showed up later).
    After stating he heard a shot from behind him (the grassy knoll), during Warren Commission testimony his version changed and stated the sound echoed so he wasn't sure.

Why he might not be annoying:

    In 1920 he emigrated to the U.S. to escape the Russian Civil War.
    He moved from Brooklyn to Dallas in 1941 and became a successful clothing manufacturer.
    What he recorded has been one of the most frame-by-frame studied shots in film history.
    While the Secret Service confiscated a first generation copy of his film they let him keep the original (the one he sold to Life).
    He donated the first installment of his film price ($25,000) to the family of slain officer J.D. Tippit.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 37.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 49.41% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 87 Votes: 44.83% Annoying