Tony Zoppi Oral History
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Tony Zoppi Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Tony Zoppi. The nightclub editor for The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Mr. Zoppi reported events at Parkland Hospital and helped deliver the casket used for President Kennedy. Mr. Zoppi had known Jack Ruby for more than twelve years. He maintained contact with Ruby after the assassination and became good friends with Ruby's flamboyant defense attorney, Melvin Belli.Interview conducted at Zoppi's apartment on June 1, 1992 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Tony Zoppi Oral History
06/01/1992
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 68 Minutes (4080 Seconds)
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1992.009.0001
Mr. Zoppi later donated to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza a loudspeaker that had been installed inside Jack Ruby's Carousel Club. Although not directly referenced in this oral history, it is visible in the foreground on Mr. Zoppi's coffee table. Tony Zoppi passed away on August 24, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Tony Zoppi Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Tony Zoppi. The nightclub editor for The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Mr. Zoppi reported events at Parkland Hospital and helped deliver the casket used for President Kennedy. Mr. Zoppi had known Jack Ruby for more than twelve years. He maintained contact with Ruby after the assassination and became good friends with Ruby's flamboyant defense attorney, Melvin Belli.Interview conducted at Zoppi's apartment on June 1, 1992 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Tony Zoppi Oral History
06/01/1992
Oral histories
Zoppi, Tony
Ruby, Jack
Parkland Hospital
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Jack Ruby (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 68 Minutes (4080 Seconds)
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1992.009.0001
Mr. Zoppi later donated to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza a loudspeaker that had been installed inside Jack Ruby's Carousel Club. Although not directly referenced in this oral history, it is visible in the foreground on Mr. Zoppi's coffee table. Tony Zoppi passed away on August 24, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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