Juan Romero, the Mexican busboy who comforted the dying Robert Kennedy after he was shot in 1968, has died in Modesto, California after suffering a heart attack. Romero and Kennedy were interlocked ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Robert F. Kennedy decided to duck through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after declaring victory in the 1968 Democratic presidential primary, Juan Romero ...

CHAPIN, S.C. — One young man in Chapin was completely surprised this Christmas season. Thanks to generous staff members and customers from Zorba's Chapin, Colson Cannon, a busboy at the restaurant in ...

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Andy Kaufman never wanted to feel too far away from his audience. Early in his career, he found that bussing tables at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Los Angeles kept him grounded. But that didn’t mean he ...

When you write stories for three decades, occasionally someone asks if you had a favorite. I never did until five years ago, when I met Juan Romero. An editor at Life magazine had asked if I ...