Richard E. Sprague, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard E. Sprague
American writer
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1921
Date of Death: 27-Jan-1996
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Richard E. Sprague
- Richard E.
- Sprague (August 27, 1921 - January 27, 1996) was an American computer technician, researcher and author.
- According to American journalist Richard 'Dick' Russell, who dedicated seventeen years to the investigation of John Kennedy assassination, Sprague was "the leading gatherer of photographic evidence about the Kennedy assassination".
- Sprague published his investigation in 1976-1985 as three editions of The Taking of America, 1-2-3. Born in Philadelphia on August 27, 1921, Richard E.
- Sprague graduated from Purdue University in 1942.
- During World War II, he served with the U.S.
- Navy, finishing with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade).
- After the war, he was employed as an engineer at Northrup Aircraft.
- By 1950, he had left Northrup to help co-found the Computer Research Corporation located in Hawthorne, California.
- By 1960, he had moved on to become the Director of Computer Systems Consulting for Touche, Ross, Bailey And Smart which would later be simply known as Touche Ross until 1989. Appeared as a contestant on the Groucho Marx radio quiz program "You Bet Your Life" on May 21, 1952. After the assassination of John F.
- Kennedy took place on November 22, 1963, Sprague began investigating the deed on his own in 1966 upon seeing the Abraham Zapruder produced Zapruder film. Sprague served a year as photographic expert in the 1966-1969 investigations conducted by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison. In 1968 he co-founded the Committee to Investigate Assassinations with Bernard Fensterwald.
- That same year, he also set up Sprague Research And Consulting. Sprague later worked as a full-time consultant to Battelle Memorial Institute of Frankfurt, Germany. Richard E.
- Sprague died on January 27, 1996 with his last known address in Virginia.
- He was interred at Washington Park East Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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