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Infant son patrick. tremendous medical problems. jack had a fatalistic streak. his friend said jack called this streak elegant fatalism. he always talked about mortality. he asked his friends continually how they wanted to die. of course he had premonitions about his own death. flying from ft. worth to dallas, out of the blue turns to jackie and says, you know if somebody was to shoot me with the rifle through a window, there's nothing i can do about it, so why worry. death was a big part of jack n kennedy's life. >> his rival lyndon johnson sort of obsessed with the possibility of early death...

In december of 1962. he really started to cut off any relationships with any women. there was a new intimacy between them. then waited for the birth of this child. patrick was born on august 7, 1963. he lived only 39 hours. he literally died in jack kennedy's hands. he was 4 pounds, 10 ounces. jack was left having to break the news to jackie on cape cod. they broke down together, witnessed by all the nurses and the medical staff there. it really is a turning point in their relationship. jack and jackie would never really touch much in public. jack had a phobia about being touched, dates back t...