Jack Ruby
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Jack Ruby was an American nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Ruby's act became historically significant because it removed the primary suspect from the justice system and raised enduring questions about whether he acted alone or as part of a larger conspiracy.
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- 1911-03-25
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- 1967-01-03
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Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; April 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner and alleged associate of the Chicago Outfit who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was accused of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald and sentenced him to death. Ruby's conviction was later…
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- JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass — Self (archive footage)2021
- Killing John F. Kennedy — Self (archive footage)2020
- Apocalypse: War of Worlds (1945-1991) — Self (archive footage)2019
- Bobby Kennedy for President — Self (archive footage)2018
- Killing Jimmy Hoffa — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Sixties — Self (archive footage)2014
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Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Rubenstein; c. March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner. He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F. Kennedy.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1911, Ruby operated nightclubs in Texas. On November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Ruby shot and mortally wounded Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters and was immediately arrested. The shooting happened on live television. Ruby was convicted and sentenced to death. The conviction was overturned on appeal, and he was granted a new trial, but Ruby fell ill, was diagnosed with cancer, and died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967.
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