Pictured is a mural by Art Velazquez featuring JFK with an American flag in the background on the wall of Greenhouse Smoke & Vapes in Grand Prairie, Texas. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 and died by assasination November 22, 1963. He was often referred to by his initials, JFK. He was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure.