lady’ s schmutzik (translate: pussy) in his armpit.” If it weren’ t a fact, | was quite willing to settle for an apocryphal allusion which nevertheless crystallized the entire personality of that
alleged murderer who wanted so very much to be liked.
| say alleged because upon Ruby’ s own death. Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade said he would dismiss the murder charge against him, a promise which has since been kept, although no such posthumous grace was ever officially bestowed on Lee Harvey Oswald, considered a lone assassin who shot President Kennedy. See, they grant you retroactive innocence only in the face of innumerable witnesses who were present at the actual event through the legal miracle of
inadvertent televised coverage.
Now Jack Ruby’ s dirty little secret has been forever sealed away in his armpit by the hymen of history. Oh yeah, and at Lenny’ s funeral, that safety pin was still attached on his
denim jacket. JULES SIEGEL
Two years before Lenny’ s death, with his permission | published his obituary in my own magazine, 7he Realist. Before
the issue went to press, he called his mother and a few others to
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