Clutching his rosary beads, Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies wounded on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel, after being shot by an assailant following his victory speech in the California primary election on June 5, 1968, and dies one day later from his injuries. Kennedy's wife Ethel is at lower left. Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene and later convicted of the murder.

Clutching his rosary beads, Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies wounded on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel, after being shot by an assailant following his victory speech in the California primary election on June 5, 1968, and dies one day later from his injuries. Kennedy's wife Ethel is at lower left. Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene and later convicted of the murder.