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Bill Cannon Oral History

Bill Cannon Oral History

Object number2014.001.0107
Date08/29/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Bill R. Cannon
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 64 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Bill Cannon. As a Dallas County deputy sheriff from 1954 to 1956, Cannon was acquainted with Jack Ruby. He later visited Ruby in jail in 1965 and made detailed notes of the experience. Cannon was in Houston, Texas at the time of the assassination. After retiring, he wrote a series of books on Texas history and trivia. Interview recorded at Christian Care Center in Mesquite, Texas on August 29, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Bill R. Cannon, who previously recorded an interview with the Museum in 2003, passed away on January 12, 2021. The Museum has two of his books, A Treasury of Texas Trivia (1997) and A Treasury of Texas Trivia II (2000), in our Library Collection: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator