{"id":1012,"date":"2016-11-25T21:37:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T20:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2016-11-25T21:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T20:37:38","slug":"my-farewell-to-the-other-ruth-gruber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/25\/my-farewell-to-the-other-ruth-gruber\/","title":{"rendered":"My farewell to the other Ruth Gruber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1013\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1013\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1013\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"RG and REG - at the launch of my first book, in New York in 1992\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/REG-RG-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RG and REG &#8211; at the launch of my first book, in New York in 1992<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My namesake, the noted author and photojournalist Ruth Gruber, has died at the age of 105 after a remarkable life and career.<\/p>\n<p>In a JTA article, I reminisced about how for decades people had confused us and conflated our biographies.<\/p>\n<h1>One Ruth Gruber Says Goodbye to Another<\/h1>\n<p>November 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">(JTA) &#8212; When you share a name with someone you respect and admire, you always try to live up to the connection, because sometimes outsiders aren<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"like_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F11%2F25%2Fmy-farewell-to-the-other-ruth-gruber%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21&amp;locale=en_US&amp;width=90\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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