Marina Oswald Porter
Marina Oswald Porter | |
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Porter (then Prusakova) in Minsk, 1961 | |
| Born | Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova July 17, 1941 Molotovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Severodvinsk, Russia) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Pharmacist |
| Known for | Marriage with Lee Harvey Oswald |
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| Children | 3 |
Marina Nikolayevna Oswald Porter (née Prusakova; born July 17, 1941) is a Russian–American former pharmacist who was the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. Born in the Soviet Union in 1941, she immigrated to the United States after marrying United States Marine Corps veteran Lee Harvey Oswald during his temporary defection to the Soviet Bloc. After the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Oswald's murder, Marina testified against Oswald for the Warren Commission and married American electronics worker Kenneth Jess Porter, becoming a naturalized United States citizen. She has a son with Porter and two daughters from her previous marriage with Oswald. Although Marina initially supported the Warren Commission's findings, she ultimately expressed doubts and advocated for Oswald's innocence.