The Secret Service agent who jumped on the back of President John F. Kennedy’s car after the President was shot in Dallas has died at 93.

Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill was assigned to Jackie Kennedy’s security detail and was on assignment when President Kennedy was shot at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza.

Clint Hill’s wife, Lisa, shared a statement: “It is with a broken heart that I must announce the passing of my remarkable husband, Clint Hill.”

During his Secret Service career, Hill served five presidents and later became the director of protective operations for the Secret Service.

Here’s what Fox News reported:

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The Secret Service agent who heroically jumped into action to try to shield President John F. Kennedy during his assassination in 1963, Clint Hill, has died at the age of 93.

“It is with a broken heart that I must announce the passing of my remarkable husband, Clint Hill,” Hill’s wife, Lisa McCubbin Hill, posted to Instagram, confirming his death. “He died peacefully at home, in my arms, on February 21, 2025.”

Hill died Friday at his home in California, the Associated Press reported.

Hill was a 31-year-old Secret Service agent assigned to first lady Jackie Kennedy’s security detail when he traveled with the first couple to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

Per NBC News:

Clint Hill, the former Secret Service agent who shielded first lady Jacqueline Kennedy from gunfire during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, has died, the agency said Monday. He was 93.

He died peacefully at home with his wife by his side, his family said in a statement released by the Secret Service.

Hill, who was born in North Dakota and was sworn in as a special agent in the agency’s Denver field office in 1958, served five presidents — from Dwight Eisenhower to Gerald Ford — and rose to become director of protective operations for the Secret Service.

On Nov. 22, 1963, as the president’s motorcade came under gunfire in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza, Hill leaped onto the back of the presidential limousine and protected the first lady.

Hill, whose code name was Dazzle, was given the highest civilian honor for bravery awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department, which the Secret Service was then a part of.

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He retired in 1975 after symptoms of what later became identified as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Secret Service said, and eventually co-authored books with his wife, journalist Lisa McCubbin Hill, including his memoir, “Mrs. Kennedy and Me.”

“Clint Hill was more than a hero — he was a man of profound humility, dedication, and unwavering integrity,” former Secret Service Director Lew Merletti said in a statement.

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