What is Jim Marrs?
[[File:Jim PR 2010.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marrs in 2010]] '''Jim Marrs''' (December 5, 1943 – August 2, 2017) was an American newspaper journalist and ''[[The New York Times]]'' best-selling writer of books and articles on a wide range of alleged cover ups and [[Conspiracy (political)|conspiracies]].<ref>{{cite news| title=The truth is way out there |publisher=[[Dallas Observer]] |date=July 6, 2000 |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-07-06/feature.html/page1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823222702/http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-07-06/feature.html/page1.html|archive-date=August 23, 2000}}</ref> He was born in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. Marrs was a important figure in the [[John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories|JFK conspiracy press]] and his book ''Crossfire'' was a source for [[Oliver Stone]]'s movie ''[[JFK (movie)|JFK]]''. He wrote books asserting the existence of government conspiracies regarding [[UFO conspiracy theory|aliens]], [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11]], [[telepathy]], and secret societies. He was once a news reporter in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex]] and taught a class on the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] at [[University of Texas at Arlington]] for 30 years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marrs |first=Jim |date=2013|title= Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy - Revised and Updated Edition|url=https://archive.org/details/crossfireplottha0000marr |publisher= Basic Books|page= Back cover|no-pp=y|isbn=978-0-465-03180-1}}</ref> Marrs was a member of the [[Scholars for 9/11 Truth]].<ref>Stephen E. Atkins (Editor), ''The 9/11 Encyclopedia'', page 125 (ABC-CLIO, LLC, Second Edition, 2011)</ref> Marrs died of a [[heart attack]] on August 2, 2017 in [[Springtown, Texas|Springtown]], Texas at the age 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wcmessenger.com/2017/breaking/jim-marrs-author-and-conspiracy-theorist-dies/|title=Jim Marrs, author and conspiracy theorist, dies|last=Burden|first=Racey|website=WCMessenger|access-date=2 Aug 2017|archive-date=4 August 2017|