Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby | |
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Mug shot of Ruby on November 24, 1963, after his arrest | |
| Born | Jacob Leon Rubenstein c. March 25, 1911 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1967 (aged 55) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois 41°57′29″N 87°49′37″W / 41.958110°N 87.826853°W |
| Occupation | Nightclub owner |
| Known for | Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Criminal charge | Murder with malice |
| Criminal penalty | Death (overturned) |
| Criminal status | Conviction overturned on appeal, died before retrial |
Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; c. 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 while in police custody so soon after President Kennedy's assassination has led some to question the official version of events.