“There is no one left alive that even MET him”
This might be hyperbole...
>>This might be hyperbole...<<
Very few. He was born in 1925 so today he would be 85 and, as a Kennedy, probably dying from liver disease. That leaves a small number of people who would are old enough to be his contemporary.
He died in 1968, 42 years ago. So the number of people who might have known him when he and they were adults is still a very small number.
I doubt any in his family remember him personally.
Considering the source, I said it's just another collision with facts.