In 1973 , he and a friend bought a Holiday Inn near Disney World . The success of Disney World expanded to their business , and the pair built three more hotels . One of Glenn 's business partners was Henri Landwirth , a Holocaust survivor who became his best friend . He remembered learning about Landwirth 's background : " Henri does n't talk about it much . It was years before he spoke about it with me and then only because of an accident . We were down in Florida during the space program . Everyone was wearing short-sleeved Ban-Lon shirtseveryone but Henri . Then one day I saw Henri at the pool and noticed the number on his arm . I told Henri that if it were me I 'd wear that number like a medal with a spotlight on it . " Glenn remained close to the Kennedy family , and campaigned for Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign . In 1968 , Glenn was in Kennedy 's hotel suite when Kennedy heard he had won California . Glenn was supposed to go with him to celebrate , but decided not to as there would be many people there . Kennedy went downstairs to make his victory speech and was assassinated . Glenn and Annie went with them to the hospital , and the next morning took Kennedy 's children home to Virginia . Glenn was later a pallbearer at the funeral in New York
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