Paul Schrade, Union Leader Who Was Shot in Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Dead at 97
Jessica Burns
Updated on December 31, 2025
Paul Schrade, who worked with Robert F. Kennedy on his 1968 official run, has died. He was 97. The car laborers association pioneer, who was likewise injured in Kennedy’s death, died at his home on Wednesday in Los Angeles, his brother-in-regulation Martin Weil told The Washington Post.
He endure a discharge to the head when Sirhan started shooting soon after 12 PM on June 5, 1968, at the Diplomat Lodging in Los Angeles, killing Kennedy and injuring five others.
The Popularity based official confident recently gave a discourse to his allies as he celebrated wins in the California and South Dakota primaries that evening.
Paul Schrade, Union Leader Who Was Shot in Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Dead at 97
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After Sirhan was conceded parole at age 77 in August 2021, Schrade, who accepted there was a significant level coverup of a subsequent shooter, told California Television slot KGET: “I don’t pardon him for what he did, however I don’t pardon the LAPD and the lead prosecutors for a very long time of saying he’s liable when he isn’t.”
He said that he held no “enmity” toward Sirhan, as two of RFK’s children, Douglas Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., likewise upheld the delivery and investigators declined to contend a position. Sirhan’s lawyer told Individuals at that point: “He’s cheerful. He’s simply attempting to in any case cycle it.” Albeit the parole board established that Sirhan no longer represents a danger to society and was reasonably contrite, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom turned around the choice and denied Sirhan’s parole in January.
