Article: DEATHS

L.C. GRAVES Dallas Detective

L.C. Graves, 76, the Dallas police detective who wrestled the gun away from Jack Ruby after Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, died Feb. 11 in Kaufman, Tex., after a heart attack.

He was one of three Dallas officers escorting Oswald, charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, to the county jail on Nov. 24, 1963. After Ruby fired a single shot at Oswald in the basement of Dallas City Hall, Mr. Graves grabbed the revolver and Ruby's wrist, preventing a second shot from being fired. Oswald died on the way to the hospital.

Mr. Graves served with the Dallas Police Department for 21 years, retiring in 1970. DAVID WAYNE Actor

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