Subject: Judith Exner Dead at 65 Date: 26 Sep 1999 04:09:58 GMT From: "Jane Shelton" Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk By The Associated Press Judith Exner<

DUARTE, Calif. (AP) -- Judith Campbell Exner, a reputed mistress of John F. Kennedy who claimed to have ferried messages between the president and Mafia boss Sam Giancana, died of breast cancer Friday. She was 65. Exner made waves in 1977 with her autobiography, ``My Story,'' which included a description of her alleged affair with Kennedy. In a 1996 issue of Vanity Fair, Ms. Exner said she ended a two-year affair because she hated being ``the other woman,'' and also claimed that she aborted Kennedy's child 10 months before he was assassinated. She also claimed that during Kennedy's presidency she was Giancana's lover and carried messages between the president and the Chicago mob boss, including details of a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Some have doubted that story, including Giancana's daughter, Antoinette, who has said her father had ``utter contempt'' for Kennedy and never mentioned any contact with the president during his time in the White House. In a 1975 appearance before the U.S. Senate intelligence committee, Exner said she had an 18-month affair with Kennedy before and after he entered the White House, and that she later had an affair with Giancana. But she said she knew of no ties between the two. Her lawyer, James Lesar, said in a statement that Exner lied to the Senate committee because she feared she would be killed, as Giancana had been months earlier. .