Oliver Sipple, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Marine
Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1941
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 02-Feb-1989
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Oliver Sipple
- Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple (November 20, 1941 – February 2, 1989) was a decorated U.S.
- Marine and Vietnam War veteran, who was left disabled by the war.
- On September 22, 1975, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a pistol at U.S.
- President Gerald 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 unsuccessfully sue several publishers for invasion of privacy, and causing his estrangement from his parents.
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