• Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple (November 20, 1941 – February 2, 1989) was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against...
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    wall above the doorway Ford had just walked out of. A bystander named Oliver Sipple heard the sound of the first shot and dove at Moore, grabbing her shooting...
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    arm as the gun discharged toward the pavement. The bystander was Oliver "Bill" Sipple, who had left Milk's ex-lover Joe Campbell years before, prompting...
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  • raised her arm again, and Oliver Sipple, a former Marine, dove toward her and grabbed her arm, possibly saving Ford's life. Sipple said at the time: "I saw...
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  • out in the 1970s, crying out: "Out of the closets, Into the streets!" Oliver Sipple, who helped save the life of United States President Gerald Ford during...
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  • Sipple (1941–1989) is American soldier and activist Oliver Sipple. Sipple also may refer to: Donald Sipple (fl. 1990s), American political worker & subject...
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    painter Oliver Sinclair (disambiguation), multiple people Oliver Sipple (1941–1989), American soldier Oliver Skeete (born 1956), British showjumper Oliver Skipp...
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    Moore fired a revolver at Ford from 40 feet (12 m) away. A bystander, Oliver Sipple, grabbed Moore's arm and the shot missed Ford, striking a building wall...
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    member of U.S. Congress to have been killed on duty in office; in Guyana Oliver Sipple, Marine Vietnam War veteran who thwarted a 1975 assassination attempt...
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    Ford by a few feet. Before she fired a second round, retired Marine Oliver Sipple grabbed at the gun and deflected her shot; the bullet struck a wall...
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