Oliver Sipple
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title:
Oliver Sipple
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Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple 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 p
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American man who intervened in an assassination attempt of Gerald Ford (1941–1989)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sipple
date created:
2003-11-13T10:06:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T11:29:00Z
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