Malcolm MacGregor "Mac" Kilduff Jr. (September 26, 1927 – March 3, 2003) was an American journalist, best known for making the public announcement of the death of U.S. President John F.

[3][4][5][6] President Kennedy was shot at about 12:30 p.m. CST on November 22, 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

We don't know whether this is a worldwide conspiracy, whether they are after me as well as they were after President Kennedy, or whether they are after Speaker (John W.) McCormack, or Senator (Carl) Hayden.

[13]Johnson left the hospital and was driven back to Air Force One at Dallas Love Field.

"[14] After Kilduff received confirmation that Johnson was back at Air Force One, Kilduff announced President Kennedy's death to the press assembled in a nurse's classroom at Parkland Hospital, at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC),[10] saying: President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1:00 Central Standard Time today here in Dallas.

While Johnson took the oath of office of the president of the United States, Kilduff made the only audio recording of the event, by holding up a Dictabelt Dictaphone which had been on the president's desk, the only audio recording device Kilduff could locate aboard the plane.

[16] Kilduff continued to serve as Assistant Press Secretary for the Johnson administration until 1965, when he resigned to start a public relations agency.

While editor of The Beattyville Enterprise, Kilduff won a number of Kentucky Press Association awards.