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“ JFK may have been killed because of a movie. He had Addison's disease, which would be obvious to any physician familiar with the disease, as it changes the appearance of the skin, noticeable at a distance. At the time, the only effective treatment for Addison's was large doses of the new miracle drug, cortisone, which could finally be inexpensively synthesized. However, at the time, even the medical community (incorrectly) believed that large doses of cortisone would make someone clinically paranoid. This was a widespread belief even outside of the medical community, because of the popular star James Mason's movie, "Bigger Than Life" (1956). It depicted a man taking cortisone pills who goes violently insane and murderous. The last bit was the Cuban Missile Crisis, that made everyone very aware that JFK had his finger on the nuclear trigger. So with just these three elements, it would not be hard to guess that someone would want JFK dead. President is ill. President is taking drug that will drive him violently mad. President has finger on nuclear trigger. One, two, three.   Anonymoose (O Club) ”