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>> reporter: today ford's theater is equal parts playhouse, museum and shrine. the director is something of a historian. we asked him how the assassin got so close to the president. >> john wilkes booth was a famous actor of the time. imagine if brad pitt or johnny depp went after the president. >> reporter: the president's valet let booth into the president's box. booth squeezed the trigger on this pistol and shot lincoln in the back of the head. >> that's the actual knife. >> reporter: lincoln was taken across the street to the peterson house. he never regained consciousness. >> that was the bloody pillow where his head was laid that night and he fought for his life throughout that whole evening. >> reporter: lincoln died the next morning. >> why does every presidential candidate running, why does

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