Jack Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism on this day in 1967, approximately three months after the Texas Court of Appeals had overturned his death sentence for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Listen to Ruby defense attorney Melvin Belli’s reaction to the original verdict of murder with malice on March 14, 1964 and his vow to file an immediate appeal. Credit: KRLD-TV/KDFW Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza | The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza