On This Date: January 3rd - Jack Ruby Dies of Cancer

On this date in the year 1967, Jack Ruby died of cancer. Jack Ruby was the murder of Harvey Lee Oswald, the man who was accused of assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Jack Ruby died in the parkland Hospital located in Dallas Texas. While being jailed, Ruby complained about being sick and he was treated for cold symptoms. Soon his condition became worse and he was transported to the hospital. After first being diagnosed with severe pneumonia, doctors found cancer in his lymph glands. It is believed that ruby's motive for killing the Lee Harvey Oswald was anger towards him for killing the president of America and smiling while walking out of jail.

Rumors about a connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby have surfaced but Ruby denied knowing him personally. Ruby was a hot tempered man who owned a strip club named the "Carousel Club" in Dallas Texas. He was known by his friends and family as a very patriotic and passionate man which most likely lead him to murder Lee Harvey Oswald. As Oswald was being transported from the jail in which he was staying as the accused assassin, Ruby fired at him, killing him with a fatal shot on November 24th, 1963. Owswald was rushed to the hospital where he was died in a short time. Ruby died of cancer three years after killing Oswald. Both John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald died in the same hospital that Ruby would also die in.