Facts about Jack Ruby
Born: 1911
Died: January 3, 1967 (lung cancer)
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Best known as: Assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby Biography
Name at birth: Jacob Rubenstein
Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of president John F. Kennedy, on 24 November 1963. Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner with several minor arrests on his police record, fired his handgun as Oswald was being transferred in the basement garage of Dallas police headquarters; the killing was broadcast on live TV. Ruby was arrested, tried, and sent to prison; he died there of cancer in 1967.
Extra credit
According to the Warren Commission report, Ruby’s precise birthdate is unknown; Ruby himself most often gave 25 March 1911 as the date.