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Robert Gemberling; probed JFK death

DALLAS -- Robert Gemberling, a former FBI special agent who investigated President Kennedy's assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald's role, died Dec. 4 of stomach cancer. He was 82.

In his 20 years of service as a Dallas FBI agent, Mr. Gemberling focused primarily on coordinating Dallas investigations of the 1963 JFK assassination and Oswald. He prepared reports for the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination.Following his retirement from the FBI in 1976, Mr. Gemberling continued to contend that Oswald acted alone.

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