Oliver Sipple
American man who intervened in an assassination attempt of Gerald Ford (1941–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple (November 20, 1941 – late January 1989) was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War veteran, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a pistol at Ford in San Francisco, causing her to miss. The subsequent public revelation that Sipple was gay turned the news story into a cause célèbre for LGBT rights activists, leading Sipple to sue, unsuccessfully, several publishers for invasion of privacy, and causing his estrangement from his parents.
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Birth name | Oliver Wellington Sipple |
Born | (1941-11-20)November 20, 1941 Detroit, Michigan |
Died | Late January 1989 (1989-02) (aged 47) San Francisco, California |
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Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Marine Corps |
Rank | PFC |
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