172:, New York, Ruth Brooks was a daughter of Charles E. Brooks. Involved in the entertainment industry during her early childhood years, she became known as "Baby Ruth, the World's Most Talented Toddler Tapster." At the age of three, she relocated with her parents to Hartford, Connecticut, where she subsequently attended the Chauncey Harris Grammar School and Hartford High School. An assistant dance instructor at a prominent dance academy in Hartford by the time she was eleven, she also "had her own radio programs on WTIC and WDRC, according to local newspapers.
190:. Their marriage lasted until her husband's death from heart disease on February 3, 1971. Previously hospitalized for gangrene of the right leg, during which time his leg was amputated, he had been a wheelchair user since 1965. His recovery was covered by multiple newspapers across the United States and Canada.
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