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Former President Gerald Ford Dead at 93

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the to-many-submissions-to-ignore dept.

Rancid Altoid was one of a large number of readers to tell us that "Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was swept into office after the Watergate scandal and later pardoned Richard Nixon, died at age 93, his widow said on Tuesday."

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  1. The King is Dead, Long Live the King by thermopile · · Score: 5, Informative
    Interestingly, President Ford is the only person to have served as both Vice President and President, and been elected to neither position.

    Obligatory wiki quote.

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  2. Re:Cnn does it best by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's interesting that the attempt against Regan that injured Brady gets so much notoriety but the two attempts against Ford are never talked about.

    I know /. skews young, so it's possible you may not remember Reagan getting shot.

    That's the thing: unlike Ford, he actually got shot, as did Brady and a Secret Service guy, Tim McCarthy. Missed killing Reagan by about an inch. We had to wait in suspense to see if he would survive or not. So, yeah, that stands out in people's memories. (I was 11 when it happened.)

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