Dennis Brack, a Black Star Picture Agency colleague who worked with Ward for 40 years, recalls Ward as “the brightest photographer in Washington.”

“There have been other talented photographers since he moved west, but they have only succeeded in one field—Fred had it all together.”

Ward captured the moving image of Jacqueline Kennedy arriving in Washington with her husband’s blood on her knees following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Days later, his photograph of the bereaved first lady with her two young children in front of her husband’s casket would be published on the cover of Life Magazine, and Andy Warhol would transform it into an iconic print of Jacqueline Kennedy.

Over the course of five decades, Ward travelled to more than 130 countries on assignment for TIME, Newsweek, Life, and National Geographic.

He experimented with planes and helicopters, as well as diving underwater. He photographed the Beatles’ first American concert as well as other pop music luminaries.

Ward died at his home in Malibu, California. Charlotte, his wife of 58 years, and their four children survive him.

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