Marina Oswald Porter
Marina Oswald Porter | |
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Porter (then Prusakova) in Minsk, 1961 | |
| Born | Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova July 17, 1941 Molotovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Pharmacist |
| Known for | Marriage with Lee Harvey Oswald |
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| Children | 3 |
Marina Nikolayevna Oswald Porter (née Prusakova; born July 17, 1941) is a Russian-born American woman who was the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Born in the Soviet Union, Marina immigrated to the United States after marrying Lee Oswald during his temporary defection to the Soviet Bloc. After the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Oswald's murder, Marina testified against Oswald for the Warren Commission and remarried, becoming a naturalized United States citizen. Although Marina initially publicly supported the Warren Commission's findings, she ultimately expressed doubts and advocated for Oswald's innocence. Notably, she expressed belief that Oswald was the unidentified "Prayer Man" filmed on the steps of the Texas School Book Depository by James Darnell and Dave Wiegman as Kennedy was assassinated.