When I was in the 7th grade, I had a history teacher who was telling us the story of how they had found out about the JFK assassination. He said they were in the auditorium at school watching some kind of play and someone announced it from the stage, and everyone thought it was part of the show. He said when they left the auditorium they saw the flag at half staff and realized it was true. The next part is the odd part. He said that everyone’s first thought was, good he’s dead. I never understood the comment, and now 45 years later it still hits me as strange.