Oswald’s Grave Mystery Uncovered: Not a Conspiracy, It’s a Performance Art Piece

Lee Harvey Oswald’s grave mystery has been solved and it’s not a conspiracy, it’s the work of one lone nut. The grave next to site where Lee Harvey Oswald, the former Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, is buried in Fort Worth, Texas, has a marker that’s about the same size as Lee Harvey Oswald’s headstone that says NICK BEEF, in all capital letters.

History fans and conspiracy buffs have been trying to solve Oswald’s grave mystery for years. They have been trying to determine who is this Nick Beef? Did he have some connection to the assassination? Was he a family member? Just what is being covered up by that mysterious marker by Oswald’s grave?

The mystery of Oswald’s grave partner was solved recently by the New York Times. It turns out that Nick Beef is neither dead nor buried. He is a 56-year-old "nonperforming performance artist" who lives in New York. Nick Beef bought the site next to Oswald’s grave when he was 18 years old. He paid $17.50 up front and then made $10 monthly payments for 16 months.

Nick Beef bought the cemetery plot next to Oswald’s grave in 1975. Beef put the granite marker over his cemetery plot in 1997.

Nick Beef’s real name is Patric Abedin. He was six years old when President Kennedy was assassinated during a two-day tour of the state of Texas with his wife Jacqueline on Nov. 22, 1963. Nick Beef saw the president and his wife land at what used to be called the Carswell Air Force Base the day before. He was in the crowed, perched on top of a military police officer, as the couple passed a few feet away.

When Nick Beef was young he and his mother visited Oswald’s grave. His mother reminded him to "Never forget that you got to see Kennedy the night before he died." When Beef was 18, he read that the plot next to Oswald’s grave was available. He ponied up the $17.50 and kept up his payment for a year and four months.

When asked why Beef felt compelled to buy the burial plot next to Oswald’s grave, he said "It meant something to me in life."

Beef got married, had two kids and then got divorced. He moved to New York and did some comedy writing. He returned to Texas in 1996 after his mother died and he had to make funeral arrangements. During his stay, he bought the mysterious gravestone that almost matched the one on Oswald’s grave. It was inscribed: NICK BEEF.

But he won’t be buried there. When Nick Beef dies, he says he will be cremated.