Squeaky Fromme
attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1948)
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme ( FROH-mee; born October 22, 1948) is an American former member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Though not involved in the Tate–LaBianca murders for which the Manson family is best known, she attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975. For that crime, she was sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled from prison on August 14, 2009, after serving approximately 34 years. She published a book about her life in 2018.
Early life
Lynette Alice Fromme was born on October 22, 1948, in Santa Monica, California. She was the daughter of Helen (née Benzinger) and William Millar Fromme (an aeronautical engineer). As a child, Fromme performed with a dance group called the Westchester Lariats, which began touring the United States and Europe in the late 1950s. She and the Lariats made an appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show and at the White House.
She attended Orville Wright Junior High School from 1960 to 1963, before the family moved to Redondo Beach, California.
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