Oliver Sipple
Military Person
1941 – 1989
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Who was Oliver Sipple?
Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was a decorated US Marine and Vietnam War veteran widely known for saving the life of US President Gerald Ford during an assassination attempt by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco on September 22, 1975. The subsequent public revelation that Sipple was gay turned the news story into a cause célèbre for LGBT rights activists.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1941
Detroit - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 2, 1989
San Francisco - Resting place
- Golden Gate National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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