Jack Kightlinger

Jack Kightlinger (Ricardo Thomas/Courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library)

Jack Kightlinger, a retired White House staff photographer, died on Monday. During his career he photographed five presidential administrations, over 19 years. Kightlinger, 77, died after a car accident. His wife, Adele, who was also in the car, died in a hospital the following day.

President Lyndon B. Johnson.

President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by his son-in-law, Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, 1968. (Jack Kightlinger/National Archives)

Richard Nixon.

Richard M. Nixon is greeted by school children during a campaign stop in 1972. (Jack Kightlinger/National Archives)

Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford.

Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford await the arrival of Saddam Hussein at the White House, 1974. (Jack Kightlinger/Courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library)