Jim Leavelle was born on August 23, 1920 in Red River County, Texas, USA. He was married to Taimi Sanelma Trast. He died on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Detective with the Dallas, Texas police department when US president
John Kennedy was assassinated.
He was the detective handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was
shot by Jack Ruby.
He was also present at another unforgettable moment in 20th century history. He was at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese bombed it on December 7, 1941.