Former US president Gerald Ford dies at 93 ; Tributes for successor to Nixon after Watergate

Evening Standard - London | December 27, 2006| | Copyright

GERALD FORD, who became US president after Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal, died today at the age of 93.

Ford, a Republican, became president in 1974 and served for two and a half years, during which he caused controversy by pardoning Nixon, withdrew the last US troops from Vietnam, and survived two assassination attempts.

Often mocked for his bumbling style and apparent clumsiness, he went on to lose the 1976 presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

He remains the only US politician to have reached the White House without having been elected either president or ...

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