Born in Bensonhurst , Brooklyn , New York , he graduated from Lafayette High School . He served two years in the United States Marine Corps before studying journalism at Mexico City College and Arizona State University . He joined the '' Times Herald '' in 1956 as a movie critic , as well as covering nightclubs in Dallas . The latter ultimately led to him speaking with Jack Ruby via telephone . Their conversations were cited in the Warren Report , following John F. Kennedy 's assassination in 1963 and Ruby 's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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