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Lee Harvey Oswald

A former US Marine and one-time defector to the Soviet Union, identified by the Warren Commission as the assassin of President Kennedy; he denied the charge and was shot dead two days after his arrest.

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  • John F. Kennedy

    Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy — The conclusion of the Warren Commission (1964) and of the HSCA's forensic panel (1979); disputed by second-gunman theories but supported by the ballistic and documentary evidence.

  • Jack Ruby

    Lee Harvey Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby — Shot him in the basement of Dallas police headquarters on 24 November 1963, on live television.

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