Jack Beers

Jack Beers
Portrait of Beers
Born
Ira Jefferson Beers Jr.

(1923-07-14)July 14, 1923
Dallas, Texas U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 1975(1975-02-17) (aged 51)
Dallas, Texas U.S.
Other namesIra Jefferson
OccupationPhotojournalist

Ira Jefferson Beers Jr. (July 14, 1923 – February 17, 1975), known professionally as Jack Beers, was an American photojournalist who worked for The Dallas Morning News.[1] Beers was best known for his widely distributed photograph capturing Jack Ruby lunging toward Lee Harvey Oswald a split-second before firing his fatal shot on November 24, 1963.[2][3][4] He also took a famous photograph of football player Kyle Rote en route to a touchdown in 1948 – the only other photograph to be featured on a full page in The Dallas Morning News over a 25-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ Granberry, Michael (June 30, 2002). "Photographer snapped Oswald's murder a hair too soon, lost Pulitzer, place in history to rival". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Comprehensive Coverage". TIME. December 6, 1963. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via EBSCOHost.
  3. ^ Sanderson, Bill (November 22, 2013). "Fifty Years Ago This Minute: How the Assassination Story Broke". New York Observer. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via EBSCOHost.
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  5. ^ "Photographer Jack Beers dies". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Associated Press. February 18, 1975. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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