McCartney Times

Baby boomers between the ages of 60 and 70 remember the names and deeds of President Kennedy, the Beatles and Muhammad Ali. I’m 67 and I ought to know. I was 15 when JFK was killed. Then, weeks and months later, the Fab Four and a young Cassius Clay exploded on the scene. For my generation, the world never was the same afterward.ADVERTISEMENTKennedy didn’t look like Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman or Dwight Eisenhower. He was young and energetic. With his full head of hair and beautiful wife, he (and they) took the world by storm. Camelot wasn’t imaginary to me. It was real. Maybe that’s because I actually shook Kennedy’s hand two months before he was elected president. When he died in November 1963, the nation fell into a state of depression. That is, until February of ’64.

Source: What JFK, the Beatles and Ali had in common | TheHill