Jack Ruby
American nightclub operator who killed American presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
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Lived 1911–1967, aged 56United States
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Nightclub owner who shot Lee Harvey Oswald live on television two days after JFK's assassination, instantly becoming one of the most watched killings in American history.
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Jack Leon Ruby was an American nightclub owner. He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F. Kennedy.
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