Dorothy Ruth

Dorothy Ruth with Babe Ruth

Dorothy Helen Ruth Pirone (7 June 1921 in New York City, New York - 18 May 1989 in Durham, Connecticut) was adopted by Babe Ruth and his first wife, Helen. Decades later, she wrote a book, My Dad, the Babe, ^[1] claiming that she was Ruth's biological child by a girlfriend named Juanita Jennings.^[2][3]

After Helen Ruth died in a house fire in January 1929, Dorothy moved in with Ruth and his girlfriend, Claire Hodgson, whom he married that April.

She married Daniel J. Sullivan, an employee of the Railway Express Agency, on 7 January 1940. They had 6 children before they divorced in 1945. She then married Dominick Pirone, a New York contractor, on 8 December 1948. They had three children.

She raised Arabian horses.^[4] She was a joint plaintiff along with the Babe Ruth League in a trademark dispute with Macmillan Incorporated over the use of Ruth's likeness.^[5]

References

1. ^ Pirone, Dorothy; Chris Martens (1988). My Dad, The Babe: Growing up with an American Hero. Boston: Quinlan Press. pp. 250. ISBN 1557700311. OCLC 17652057. 
2. ^ NY times story
3. ^ baseballguru.com
4. ^ The Dead Ball Era - Obituary of Dorothy Ruth
5. ^ http://www.markroesler.com/pdf/caselaw/Pirone%20v.%20Macmillan.pdf

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Name	Ruth, Dorothy
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Date of birth	7 June 1921
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Date of death	18 May 1989
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