In fact, it has become something of an annual tradition, like Cinco de Mayo and Day of the Dead, that, when the list of Kennedy Center Honorees is announced each year, there won't be a single Latino name on it.

CNN: Kennedy Center Honors snub Latinos

Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Billy Bob Thornton have signed on for the Tom Hanks-produced "Parkland, " named for the Dallas hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead.

NPR: 50 Years On, Finding Profit In 'Truth' On JFK Case

In 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President Kennedy was himself shot dead by Jack Ruby in the car park of Dallas Police headquarters.

CNN: Sunday,

Mr McManus, 26, was shot dead on Saturday night, in a car park outside the Kennedy Way pizza shop where he worked as a delivery driver.

BBC: Kieran McManus