--- title: In Memoriam: Iconic LIFE Photographer Bill Eppridge (1938-2013) description: After more than five decades as a professional photographer, LIFE photojournalist Bill Eppridge passed away on October 3, 2013, at the age of 75. canonical: https://time.com/3802859/in-memoriam-iconic-life-photographer-bill-eppridge-1938-2013/ author: Vaughn Wallace article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-10-03T17:29:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:40:40.125Z article:section: World og:title: In Memoriam: Iconic LIFE Photographer Bill Eppridge (1938-2013) og:description: After more than five decades as a professional photographer, LIFE photojournalist Bill Eppridge passed away on October 3, 2013, at the age of 75. og:url: https://time.com/3802859/in-memoriam-iconic-life-photographer-bill-eppridge-1938-2013/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd26f561a52196a/6987a786cd1bba30626f810d/epp_rfk.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: epp_RFK og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: In Memoriam: Iconic LIFE Photographer Bill Eppridge (1938-2013) twitter:description: After more than five decades as a professional photographer, LIFE photojournalist Bill Eppridge passed away on October 3, 2013, at the age of 75. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dd26f561a52196a/6987a786cd1bba30626f810d/epp_rfk.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # In Memoriam: Iconic LIFE Photographer Bill Eppridge (1938-2013) > Sponsored content. 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"Rigid, semiconscious, his face an ashen mask, Senator Kennedy lies in a pool of his own blood on the concrete floor, a bullet deep in his brain and another in his neck. Juan Romero, a busboy whose hand Kennedy had shaken before the shots, tried to comfort him." June 6, 1968\. "Rigid, semiconscious, his face an ashen mask, Senator Kennedy lies in a pool of his own blood on the concrete floor, a bullet deep in his brain and another in his neck. Juan Romero, a busboy whose hand Kennedy had shaken before the shots, tried to comfort him."Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images by [Vaughn Wallace](https://time.com/author/vaughn-wallace/) ## Vaughn Wallace Oct 3, 2013 5:29 PM UTC Bill Eppridge, one of the greatest photojournalists of his generation and the photographer who famously captured Robert Kennedy’s assassination in Los Angeles in June 1968, died on October 3, 2013\. He was 75. Born in Buenos Aires on March 20, 1938, Eppridge moved with his family to the United States early in his childhood, settling first in Richmond, before moving to Nashville, and finally, Wilmington, Del. He began his long relationship with photography early in life, spurned by an unlikely motivator: sibling rivalry. “I have this older sister who has always been a very fine artist. She draws, paints, sculpts — and I can’t draw a straight line. I wanted to do something so I could compete with her. So I went to her and asked her to show me how to use a camera,” Eppridge told the Danbury News Times in 2011. By high school, Eppridge was shooting for his school newspaper and yearbook. By age 15, he earned a spot as a sports photographer at the local paper, the _Wilmington Star_. After initially studying archaeology at the University of Toronto, Eppridge transferred to the University of Misssouri’s famed journalism school, where he graduated in 1960. Upon graduation, Eppridge immediately found good fortune: a photo of his was awarded first prize in the pictorial category of the 1959 NPPA Pictures of the Year competition. Coupled with his achievement of being named the College Photographer of the Year, Eppridge was offered an internship at _LIFE_ — the start of a storied career with the famous magazine. “Hard to say whether I made luck happen, or whether luck happened to me,” he told the _News Times_. His career began to accelerate. One of his early assignments was a nearly year-long, around-the-world story for _National Geographic_. Afterwards, in 1964, Eppridge joined _LIFE_‘s ranks full-time as a staff photographer, where he stayed until the magazine ceased publication in 1972. ( **Related:** [Bill Eppridge’s Decades of Photography for LIFE](http://life.time.com/bill-eppridge/) ) Eppridge is remembered for numerous stories he shot for _LIFE_ — [but his most recognizable single photo is surely that of a fatally wounded Bobby Kennedy on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in June 1968](http://life.time.com/history/robert-kennedy-assassination-photographs-by-bill-eppridge-june-1968/#1). Felled in a flurry of bullets fired by assassin Sirhan Sirhan, Eppridge’s photograph captured Juan Romero, a 17-year-old busboy at the hotel, as he cradled the dying senator. “You are not just a photojournalist, you’re a historian,” Eppridge notably recounted when telling the story of those chaotic moments. Other iconic highlights of Eppridge’s storied career include an assignment to photograph a group of British musicians arriving in the U.S. — the Beatles. Eppridge, who remembers “little girls running down the street with little girls screaming and running after them,” photographed the band during their first days in New York City. When given the opportunity to photograph the band one-on-one for _LIFE_, John and Ringo asked Eppridge what he’d like them to do. “I’m not going to ask you to do a thing,” Eppridge replied. “I just want to be there.” In _Life Photographers: What They Saw_, Eppridge summed up his philosophy of photography like this: “I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.” --- **_Vaughn Wallace_** _is the producer of LightBox. Follow him on Twitter @_[_vaughnwallace_](http://www.twitter.com/vaughnwallace)_._ ---  June 6, 1968\. "Rigid, semiconscious, his face an ashen mask, Senator Kennedy lies in a pool of his own blood on the concrete floor, a bullet deep in his brain and another in his neck. Juan Romero, a busboy whose hand Kennedy had shaken before the shots, tried to comfort him." - Original caption from LIFE Magazine Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Sen. Robert Kennedy gives a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles before his assassination, June 1968. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Karen, a heroin addict with her arms around boyfriend Johnny and his brother, Bro, who is also an addict, as they lie hopelessly on a hotel bed. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Marilyn Lovell, wife of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, reads a newspaper at home, April 1970. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Singer Frank Sinatra with actress girlfriend Mia Farrow on deck of the yacht Southern Breeze. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Wild Mustang horses run across a field. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Barbra Streisand in 1966. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern (seated, 2R) shares a toast with a group of Orthodox Jews while on the campaign trail. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  "Swathed in bandages after a brutal beating scene in Dirty Harry, Eastwood rarely escapes mayhem in films. His fans appreciate that he gives more than he takes." - Caption from LIFE Magazine Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  The sister of Buddhist leader slain by Viet Cong at his funeral in village. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Shooting victim and Alabama Gov. George Wallace struggles to walk with braces on his legs under the watchful eye of his therapist, Gary Buck. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  The emergency room at Ben Taub Hospital. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Wild mustangs on the range. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  An aerial view of contestants in the Mint 400 Motocross endurance race through the Mojave Desert, Nevada, September 1971. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  A naked couple embraces as the river rushes around them at Woodstock Music & Art Festival. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Skateboarding in New York City, 1965. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Sen. Robert F. Kennedy shaking hands with admirers while campaigning. Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy and his dog, Freckles, running on the beach in 1968. 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