According to Gibson and Schwarz

?David was the ?weak link in the constricting family chain.? The unwanted Kennedy, throwaway child, the addict who overdosed on drugs partially supplied it is believed by some of the household staff or one of the cousins in a misguided attempt to help. ?

on page 221, David is refereed to as being 13. David almost drowns in the ocean the day of the California primary and is rescued by his father. On page 222, which recalls events of that same evening, David is refereed to as ?turning thirteen in a few days?. David is alone in the hotel bedroom and witnesses the assassination on TV. The hotel room was at the Ambassador Hotel. And it was a suite. .

Theodore White arrived to find David in shock and tried to comfort him.

According to Laurence Leamer

David was in the hotel room with someone named Broughton. The room was at the Beverly Hills Hotel and it was a bungalow.

According to Jerry Oppenhiemer

David was at the Beverly Hills Hotel. He was in the room with Bob Galland. David did not see the whole thing. Galland says he was not shocked and handled it very well. Galland arranged to have him moved to another room.

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