Lem Billings - Wikipedia
WEBKirk LeMoyne " Lem " Billings (April 15, 1916 – May 28, 1981) was an American businessman known for his close and long-time friendship with John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Billings was a preparatory school roommate of Kennedy, an usher at his wedding, and a campaigner for his successful 1960 presidential bid.
JFK's Friendship with Lem Billings: His Best Friend Never Got Over ...
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Though his name isn't as well-known as that of his boyhood best friend, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings was an important confidante for one of America's presidents and lived a life no less full...
Memories of JFK From His Gay Best Friend - Advocate.com
WEBNov 22, 2013 · President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas 50 years ago, leaving behind a mourning nation and his gay best friend, Lem Billings. In photos and excerpts from David Pitts's book Jack &...
The Man Who Was JFK's Best Friend - Grunge
WEBNov 22, 2023 · John F. Kennedy met Lem Billings, who was one year his senior, while working on a yearbook at Choate Preparatory School. The two teens established an instantaneous rapport and reveled in their shared mischievous sense of humor. Choate was known as an institution keen on order and tradition.
Inside the relationship between JFK and Lem Billings - Mail Online
WEBJun 9, 2017 · And seated close to Kennedy is his shirtless, tanned and oiled best friend forever, his very gay chum, Kirk LeMoyne 'Lem' Billings. While JFK is legendarily known as a master womanizer who...
JFK's Best Friend Lem: Transcript - JFK Library
WEBLem Billings was born on April 15th, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after meeting JFK in high school, would be an almost constant companion to the future president. But who was this man? Today, we'll talk to staff here at the …
Best Friend | Princeton Alumni Weekly
WEBLem Billings ’39 was John F. Kennedy’s funny friend. Funny as in humorous, sure: Lem was always quick with a joke, especially at his friend’s expense. “Haven’t you found any girl that will have you, Kennedy?” he jabbed in a 1945 letter.
The Man Who Knew JFK Best
WEBMay 22, 2007 · It was Lem Billings, whos platonic relationship with president Kennedy was arguably the deepest and most meaningful relationship of JFK's life. Certainly far deeper and richer than his...
The President’s Best Friend - American Heritage
WEBThe President’s Best Friend. If he’d been the closest companion of the president of IBM, you might happen across his name in a privately printed memoir. But LeMoyne Billings was John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s best friend from Choate to the White House—and that makes him part of history.
Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold …
WEBApr 5, 2007 · Jack and Lem explores the enduring friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka "Lem"). Jack Kennedy and Lem Billings met at Choate and remained friends until the Dallas gunfire that ended Kennedy's life thirty years later.
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