**Sara Jane Moore, Would-Be Assassin of President Ford, Dies at 95**
Sara Jane Moore, the middle-aged radical and mother of four who fired two errant shots at President Gerald R. Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on September 22, 1975, died on Wednesday at a nursing home in Franklin, Tenn. She was 95.
Demetria Kalodimos, a reporter for *The Nashville Banner* who had developed a friendship with Ms. Moore, confirmed the death, which was first reported by *The Banner*.
Ms. Moore’s attempt to kill President Ford occurred only 17 days after another would-be assassin, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson, pointed a gun at the president in a crowd in Sacramento but was seized before she could fire.
In San Francisco, about 3,000 people were gathered near Union Square for a glimpse of the president as he left the St. Francis Hotel. Ms. Moore, 45 at the time, had been questioned by Secret Service agents the day before but was released.
Standing across the street 40 to 50 feet away from the commander in chief, she drew a chrome-plated .38-caliber revolver and fired at the president. The first shot missed, and she raised the gun for a second shot.
Oliver W. Sipple, a former Marine, deflected the gun just as she fired. The bullet narrowly missed President Ford, ricocheted off a wall, and grazed a bystander.
Pandemonium erupted as President Ford, unharmed, was quickly hustled into a limousine by Secret Service agents and sped away. Mr. Sipple and two police officers seized Ms. Moore on the spot.
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