Jack Ruby
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Most Influential Person Across History
American nightclub operator who killed American presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
Why Is Jack Ruby Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jack Leon Ruby was an American nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was accused of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ruby shot and mortally wounded Oswald on live television in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters and was immediately arrested. In a trial, Ruby was found guilty and sentenced to death. The conviction was appealed, and he was to be granted a new trial, but Ruby became ill, was diagnosed with cancer, and died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967.
