DOROTHY RUTH

·         Some of you have asked about Babe Ruth's daughter Dorothy. Others about the rumors that Babe Ruth killed his Wife Helen. I understand the hatred the Woodruff family had for Babe Ruth. After all he had abandoned his wife and daughter to live with his girl friend in New York, the woman he married only 3 months after burying Helen. Babe Ruth was a known womanizer, drinker and of little or no moral character. But he was not a murderer. Helen died in a fire of smoke inhalation and burns. The Fire Marshal found no evidence of arson and 2 separate Medical Examiners found no evidence of foul play. Think about it. At the time of her death in 1929 Babe Ruth was probably the most well known celebrity of the time. To believe he could get to Helen's apartment in Watertown unnoticed makes no sense. There was no gas can or traces of flammable fluid found. What was found were frayed electrical wires which the Fire Marshal believed caused the fire? Dorothy lived with her father, his new Wife Claire and her daughter. Dorothy married twice and had several children. Pictures are of her. She died in 1989 at 67.