Terry Alford/Wall Street Journal

[Tom Bogar]

Laurie, my greatest regret in all my research on the assassination was missing out on knowing Mr. Hall. I was in the early stages of my research when he passed away, but I was at least able to attend his memorial service in the library named for him, which meant a lot. I would have given almost anything for the chance to have talked with him. And, yes, we would have talked opera--of which I don't claim to be any authority, but it is one of the things that brought Gail and me together