![]() ![]() He became eligible for Social Security retirement benefits in 2015. That was the “real job” he had dreaded taking, doing so in the mid-1990s when his career was finally overwhelmed by the new video normal. Myrick gets some trial work now and then, and two years ago, managed to quit working as a security guard in a half-full shopping center in a poor section of Fort Worth, Texas. Long after cameras entered Texas courtrooms decades ago and stifled the business, he still calls this his vocation: “That’s what I am,” he says resolutely. ![]() His work amazes, given the almost instant turnaround time, with richly textured, clear images. Gary Myrick is an accomplished courtroom sketch artist-an artist-journalist, he calls himself-whose work has been seen by many TV news viewers. Jack Ruby (sitting), his defense attorneys Melvin Belli (standing) and Joe Tonahill (sitting). Kennedy’s alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1964, the Dallas courtroom where Jack Ruby stood trial for killing President John F. ![]()
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