John Tower
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| Born | John Goodwin Tower September 29, 1925 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 5, 1991 Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. |
Cause of death | plane crash |
| Victim of | assassination? |
| Alma mater | Southwestern University, London School of Economics |
| Religion | United Methodism |
| Children | Penny Marian, Jeanne |
| Spouse | Joza Lou Bullington |
| Party | Democratic, Republican |
Senator who as Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board died in a plane crash a day after a friend of his. | |
John Tower was a US Senator and Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board until he died in a plane crash in 1991, one day after his friend, John Heinz III, was killed in an airplane incident.
Background
Tower was the son of a Methodist minister, born in Houston, Texas on 29th September, 1925.[1]
Career
In 1990 George H. W. Bush appointed Tower as chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Tower published his autobiography, Consequences: A Personal and Political Memoir in 1991.
Death
John Tower was killed in a plane crash new New Brunswick, Georgia, on 5th April, 1991. According to the New York Times the “failure of a severely worn part in the plane’s propeller control unit caused the aircraft to spin out of control.” This was a day after his friend, John Heinz III, was killed when his Piper Aerostar PA60 came down after colliding with a helicopter in Montgomery County.[1] He and his daughter (also killed in the crash)[3] had just cooperated in the publishing of Tower’s memoir. They were collaborating on a second “tell-all” book about Iran-contra that was reportedly going to “name names” including that of George W. Bush.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKtowerJ.htm
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9383143/donald-trump-and-ghislaine-maxwell-on/
- ↑ http://www.greanvillepost.com/2016/10/03/encyclopedia-of-domestic-assassinations/#Tower
- ↑ http://www.occurrencesforeigndomestic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Madsen-on-Tower.pdf
