1970s President's Would-Be Assassin Dies At 95

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Sara Jane Moore — who fired at President Gerald Ford outside San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel in 1975 — died Wednesday in a Franklin, Tennessee, nursing home at 95, according to the Nashville Banner.

The Banner’s report confirmed Moore died Wednesday — two days after the 50th anniversary of her attempt. (RELATED: Trump Might Eat A Poisoned Apple That Will Save His Friend But Harm His Legacy)

“It was a time people don’t remember… The only way it was going to change was a violent revolution,” Moore said in a 2009 interview on NBC’s “Today,” reflecting on why she opened fire.

Portrait of American accountant Sara Jane Moore as she poses in her home, San Francisco, California, June 21, 1975. (Photo by Janet Fries/Getty Images)

Portrait of American accountant Sara Jane Moore as she poses in her home, San Francisco, California, June 21, 1975. (Photo by Janet Fries/Getty Images)

Moore, then 45, squeezed off one shot from a hastily purchased .38 before bystander Oliver Sipple, a former Marine, shoved her arm as she pulled the trigger again, sending the bullet into a taxi driver instead of the president. Secret Service agents rushed Ford into his limousine as police tackled Moore, according to National Archives documents.

She pleaded guilty that December and was sentenced to life, escaping briefly from a federal prison camp in 1979 before being recaptured within hours. After 32 years behind bars, Moore was paroled on Dec. 31, 2007.

The San Francisco shooting came 17 days after Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme aimed a .45 at Ford in Sacramento, a one-two that reshaped how the Secret Service moved the president in public.

Moore spent years on the fringes of Bay Area radical politics and, at times, cooperated with law enforcement as an informant. In later interviews, she toggled between contrition and defiance, but on “Today” called the assassination bid “wrong… a serious error.”