In a tribute to retired Dallas police homicide Detective Jim Leavelle — the man in the white hat handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Jack Ruby shot Oswald — I said that Ruby wanted to be a hero.

Jack Ruby: the Many Faces of Oswald’s Assassin ... But also the kind that could feel victimized, at the drop of the hat, even when wheeling and dealing as pimps or gamblers, checked regularly ...

And, today, a brand new exhibit is now open there surrounding Jack Ruby's life. The exhibit includes items such as the famous hat Ruby was wearing at the time he shot Oswald. The exhibit is free ...

In brief comments after the presentation, Leavelle said that when he saw an armed Jack Ruby approach in the basement of Dallas police headquarters, he tried unsuccessfully to jerk Oswald behind ...

He was the man in the white hat who escorted Lee Harvey Oswald when the JFK assassin was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. Leavelle was one of the last living key figures in the case. A while back ...

Two days after the assassination of JFK, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby on live television in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters. Jack Leon Rubenstein was an American night ...