Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby
Mug shot of Ruby on November 24, 1963, after his arrest
Born
Jacob Leon Rubenstein

c.[1][2] (1911-03-25)March 25, 1911
DiedJanuary 3, 1967(1967-01-03) (aged 55)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeWestlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois
41°57′29″N 87°49′37″W / 41.958110°N 87.826853°W / 41.958110; -87.826853
OccupationNightclub owner
Known forMurder of Lee Harvey Oswald
Criminal chargeMurder with malice[3]
Criminal penaltyDeath (overturned)
Criminal statusConviction overturned on appeal, died before retrial

Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; c.[1][2] March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Born in Chicago, Ruby operated nightclubs in Texas. On November 24, 1963, two days after President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Ruby shot and mortally wounded Oswald in Dallas Police Headquarters and was immediately arrested. The shooting happened on live television. Ruby was convicted and sentenced to death. This 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.

In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Ruby acted alone in killing Oswald, and that Ruby shot Oswald on impulse in retaliation for the Kennedy assassination.

However, the death of Oswald in police custody so soon after the assassination of President Kennedy led some to question the offcial version of the Kennedy assassination.

  1. ^ a b Birth records were not officially kept in Chicago prior to 1915, and among school records, driver's licenses, and arrest records, there were six different dates, ranging from March to June 1911.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dob2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Jack Ruby sentenced to death for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald". Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.

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