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Ruth Paine Has Passed Away
Richard Smith:
I'm very sorry to hear that news. She seemed like a very intelligent and kind person. If there was anyone in history for whom the saying "no good deed goes unpunished" it was Ruth Paine. Opening her home to strangers like Oswald and his family only to get caught up in this event. I once mailed her a copy of "Mrs. Paine's Garage" and she graciously signed it and returned it to me. She certainly led a long and interesting life.
Tom Graves:
--- Quote from: Richard Smith on September 02, 2025, 11:57:18 PM ---I'm very sorry to hear that news. She seemed like a very intelligent and kind person. If there was anyone in history for whom the saying "no good deed goes unpunished" it was Ruth Paine. Opening her home to strangers like Oswald and his family only to get caught up in this event. I once mailed her a copy of "Mrs. Paine's Garage" and she graciously signed it and returned it to me. She certainly led a long and interesting life.
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Ever since I became a Lone Gunman Advocate around 2016, I've wondered if she or her husband knew Oswald's mentor, George DeMohrenschild, whom a CIA Counterintelligence analyst by the name of Clare Edward Petty determined, by reading some WW II VENONA decrypts in the early 1970s, was very probably a long-term KGB "illegal."
Lance Payette:
The demonizing of Ruth Paine was to me always one of the most despicable things about the CT community. She seemed so completely decent, open and honest that the effort to cast her as a dark and sinister character just seemed (and seems) flat-out insane to me. All of it says far more about the lunacy within some segments of the CT community than it ever said about Ruth. As Richard says, she epitomized the truism that no good deed goes unpunished. I hope that perhaps she could find humor in it and perhaps even enjoyed her curious fame.
Fred Litwin:
https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/ruth-paine-r-i-p-1932-2025
Ruth Paine, R.I.P. (1932 - 2025)
It was very sad to learn that Ruth Paine died on Sunday. She was a admirable woman whose only crime was being nice. She will long be remembered for her grace, her honesty, and her friendliness.
Unfortunately, she has been badly maligned by conspiracy theorists.
W. Tracy Parnell:
Thanks for the mention in your article Fred. Remarkable woman who tried to help others and was unfairly maligned as others have said.
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