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lyndon B Johnson was the successor of President John F Kennedy.

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Lyndon Johnson was Kennedy's vice-president and assumed the presidency when Kennedy was killed.

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Lyndon B. Johnson took over Kennedy's term after he was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.

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