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Detective handcuffed to Oswald can't escape photo

Retired Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle still gets letters from strangers because of that 1963 photo of him standing next to Lee Harvey Oswald.

You know — THAT photo.

"Most just want autographs," Leavelle said."One asked what affect the Kennedy assassination had on my life. The usual."

As the nation marks the 45th anniversary Saturday of the Kennedy assassination, the 88-year-old Leavelle remains one of the investigation's most famous figures.

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