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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. Re:Cnn does it best by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    He was pretty interesting! I didn't realize he was a Michigan football player who turned down the NFL to go into Yale law! Not sure I agree with the Nixon pardoning but it did get the messiness behind us. However, it allows presidents to seem to operate with out regard to legality (ie, current war crimes, etc...)
    I am very saddened to read of this. I found a little more pertinent info here, a much less biased source. I am planning on travelling to DC to pay my respects. He was quite a man.