Jo Taylor DeLaune Oral History
Object number2013.001.0041
Date04/20/2013
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jo Taylor DeLaune
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 43 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jo Taylor DeLaune. The wife of KLIF radio reporter Gary DeLaune, Jo DeLaune was the emergency room supervisor at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas in 1963. Prior to the Kennedy assassination, she had occasional contact with Jack Ruby when he would bring his nightclub employees to the hospital for treatment.
Interview conducted at the DeLaunes' home in San Antonio on April 20, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryJo Taylor DeLaune passed away on December 17, 2017. Her husband, Gary DeLaune, recorded two oral histories with the Museum (1998 and 2012) and also participated in a public program about the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald: Oswald Has Been Shot! (youtube.com). Gary DeLaune passed away in 2022. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
