- Joking about Duke's choice to have his sister accompany him to the Nixon White House in 1969, Ruth said it was to avoid upsetting any of "his women", as the charming bandleader was known to be as facile with the opposite gender as he was with the keys of his piano.
- While visiting Europe after college graduation to increase her fluency in foreign languages, Ruth stayed with famous singer and dancer Josephine Baker, a close friend of her brother's.
- Ruth, who was born 16 years after her soon-to-be famous older brother Edward, AKA "Duke", first remembered becoming aware of him when she heard one of his songs on the radio.
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