Larry Buendorf, Secret Service Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 14, 2025
Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who, by wresting a handgun away from Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was credited with saving the life of President Gerald R. Ford in an assassination attempt in 1975 in California, died on Sunday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 87.
His death was announced by his wife, Linda.
After leaving the government in 1993, Mr. Buendorf (pronounced BOON-dorf) was the chief security officer for the United States Olympic Committee until he retired in 2018.
