Jeane Dixon, one of the 20th century's most prominent astrologers and psychics, died Jan. 25 of a heart attack. She was 79.
In the 1950s, she gained the national spotlight with a series of convincing political revelations. However, a prediction first published in the May 13, 1956, issue of Parade magazine is the one she is best remembered for. She said that the 1960 presidential election would be won by a Democrat who would “be assassinated or die in office.” Despite the recognition she won as a result of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, few remembered some of the other details pertaining to the incident which she gave in the weekly magazine. For example, she had further stipulated that the occurrence would “not necessarily [be] in his first term.” She also later admitted that, “During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.”
Other prophetic efforts by Dixon were even less certain. She predicted that World War III would begin in 1958, a cure for cancer would be found in 1967, and the Russians would be the first to put a man on the moon.
The 1971 book, The Call to Glory, calls her one who “speaks as a prophet of God, fulfilling the mission He granted her.” The book’s acknowledgements recognize Rev. Stephen Hartdegen, a Roman Catholic priest, as Dixon’s “personal religious consultant” for the book. According to a Catholic newspaper, Dixon faithfully attended Mass each morning.
Dixon also gained public awareness through the biographical
volume, A Gift of Prophecy: the Phenomenal Jeane Dixon,
written by syndicated columnist Ruth Montgomery. The book was
published in 1965 and sold more than 3 million copies. Dixon and
her predictions, during the past several decades, have been a
staple for the supermarket tabloid industry.
—MKG
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