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DOCUMENTARY IS SHOWING US HOW
THE NATION CAME TOGETHER TO
COMFORT A GRIEVING FIRST
FAMILY. GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE
ALVAREZ...
AND I'M KEAGAN HARSHA... THAT
DOCUMENTARY
SHOWCASES LETTERS FROM ONE EL
PASO MAN WHO NOT ONLY
SHARED HIS GRIEF WITH JACKIE
KENNEDY... BUT THE PARALLEL
LINES THAT J-F-K AND HENRY
GONZALES HAD.
IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON NC9.
NEWS CHANNEL NINE'S KAY RECENDE
JOINS US WITH THE
DETAILS, KAY? [F3]LETTER TO
JACKIE-DC INTRO
ADRIENNE, KEAGAN ... HENRY
GONZALES PASSED AWAY
ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO... BUT
THROUGH THIS LETTER AND
THE UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY IT WILL
BE FEATURED IN ...
HIS FAMILY EXPLAINS... IT'S LIKE
HENRY'S MEMORY IS
COMING TO LIFE THROUGH HIS
WORDS.
"Dear Mrs. Kennedy, I am but a
humble postman, and I realize
the many
letters you have received which
is but deserving to you." TARA
JOACHIM
READS A LETTER HER FATHER HENRY
GONZALES WROTE TO JACKIE
KENNEDY ON DECEMBER 8, 1963. "He
had so much grief that he did
want
to express himself in a letter
to her." IT WAS JUST A MONTH
AFTER THE
FIRST LADY LOST HER HUSBAND,
JOHN F. KENNEDY... AND
HIS WERE WORDS SO CHARGED... AND
COMFORTING... "To
see one letter survive was just
astonishing it just was
wonderful to find out." THE
LETTER WAS FEATURED IN THE BOOK
LETTERS TO JACKIE -- WHICH IS
WHAT THE UPCOMING T-L-C
DOCUMENTARY IS BASED ON. THE
DOCUMENTARY WILL ALSO INCLUDE
HOME MOVIES THE
GONZALES FAMILY SHARED WITH US.
"It's very special." "I was
surprised and happy." TARA AND
HENRY'S WIFE -- MARIA GONZALES
... HAD NO IDEA
WHAT MESSAGE THE LETTER
CONTAINED UNTIL IT WAS FEATURED
IN THE BOOK. "I didn't know that
he had drawn parallels between
their same age, the age of
Jackie Kennedy and my mother,
the year that they were
married..." HE EVEN MENTIONED
HIS DAUGHTER TARA IN THE LETTER
"I'm
not ashamed to say how terrible
we all felt at this tragedy. And
even my five year old girl cried
that day." "I actually remember
being outside, running around,
playing." THE FORMER POSTMAN...
WAS ALSO A STAMP
COLLECTOR.... AND SHARED THAT
WITH MRS. KENNEDY. "I do
sincerely hope the new stamp in
memory of your husband will do
him
justice." THOUGH THE PROUD EL
PASOAN DIED ALMOST TEN
YEARS AGO... "It's as if all of
those facets to his life came
back alive again." A
PART OF HIM WILL LIVE ON IN THE
KENNEDY LIBRARY. "Yours most
sincerely, Henry Gonzalez."
GONZALES IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, FOUR KIDS, AND
GRANDCHILDREN. THE DOCUMENTARY
WILL AIR ON T-L-C THIS COMING
SUNDAY AT 9 P-M.
LIVE IN THE DATA CENTER KAY