Story Outline

Cashing In On JFK Jr. From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Rusty Dornin July 2004

!. People are trying to make money on the interest in John F. Kennedy Jr.

II. John F. Kennedy Jr, his wife, and her sister were killed in the crash of a small airplane on July 16, 1999.

III. People have begun to sell souvenirs and items that are connected to JFK Jr.

IV. Auctioneers know that it is a “seller’s market” after the death of a celebrity.

V. Many items are for sale on Internet auction websites, also known as online auctions.

VI. Holly Golledge bought the rights to two website domains (Internet addresses).

VII. She bought these items for $70 each, and now plans to sell them for $10,000-$50,000.

VIII. Many people think that this commercialism is not right.

IX. Some people have sent Holly Golledge electronic hate mail.

X. Ms. Golledge thinks it is not a negative thing to be selling items connected to JFK Jr.