WASHINGTON - The photographer who took the famous picture of John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin during the slain president's 1963 funeral has died. Stan Stearns, 76, died Friday at a ...

He became a symbol of national mourning at three years old, when he was photographed saluting his father’s casket during JFK’s funeral.

The image of his daughter, Paris, declaring what a wonderful father he was, is one that will stick with me as much as the image of John Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's casket.

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Three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., salutes his father's casket Nov. 25, 1963, in Washington, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy, center, and ...

As the casket left St Matthew’s Cathedral, three-year-old John F Kennedy, Jr raised his tiny hand in salute to his father. The heartbreaking moment was captured by two photographers that day.

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Three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father's casket in Washington on Nov. 25, 1963, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas.

History reported that JFK Jr., affectionately nicknamed "John-John" by the public, attended the funeral on his birthday and was famously photographed saluting his father's casket.

And when President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, the image of a 3-year-old John giving his father's casket a salute during the funeral became etched in the annals of history.

Jeffrey Markowitz/Sygma via Getty Images John F. Kennedy Jr. captured the world’s heart in an iconic photo saluting his father’s casket during the president’s funeral in 1963.

And when President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, the image of a 3-year-old John giving his father's casket a salute during the funeral became etched in the annals of history.