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|spouses=Joza Lou Bullington | |spouses=Joza Lou Bullington | ||
+ | |description=Senator who as [[Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] died in a [[plane crash]] a day after a friend of his. | ||
|alma_mater=Southwestern University, London School of Economics | |alma_mater=Southwestern University, London School of Economics | ||
|birth_date=1925-09-29 | |birth_date=1925-09-29 | ||
|birth_name=John Goodwin Tower | |birth_name=John Goodwin Tower | ||
|birth_place=Houston, Texas, U.S. | |birth_place=Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||
+ | |death_cause=plane crash | ||
|death_date=1991-04-05 | |death_date=1991-04-05 | ||
|death_place=Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | |death_place=Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | ||
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|political_parties=Democratic, Republican | |political_parties=Democratic, Republican | ||
|children=Penny Marian, Jeanne | |children=Penny Marian, Jeanne | ||
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|title=Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | |title=Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | ||
+ | |appointer=George H. W. Bush | ||
|start=July 17, 1990 | |start=July 17, 1990 | ||
|end=April 5, 1991 | |end=April 5, 1991 | ||
+ | |description=Killed in office in a suspicious plane crash one day after his friend, [[John Heinz III]] suffered a similar fate. | ||
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|title=Chairperson of the Senate Armed Services Committee | |title=Chairperson of the Senate Armed Services Committee | ||
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− | }} | + | }}'''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]]. |
− | '''John Tower''' was a US Senator and [[Chairperson of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] until he died in a plane in 1991, one day after his friend, [[John Heinz III]], was killed in an [[airplane incident]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | Tower was the son of a Methodist minister, born in Houston, Texas | + | Tower was the son of a Methodist minister, born in Houston, [[Texas]] on 29th September, 1925.<ref name=sp>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKtowerJ.htm</ref> |
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+ | [[image:1989 report of Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell and others on his yacht.jpg|340px|left|A May 1989 report of a meeting aboard [[Robert Maxwell]]'s yacht, including John Tower, [[John Lehman]], [[Tom Bolan]], [[Mort Janklow]], [[Thomas Pickering]], [[Peter Kalikow]], [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], [[Helene Atkin]] and [[Donald Trump]]<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9383143/donald-trump-and-ghislaine-maxwell-on/</ref>]] | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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==Death== | ==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.<ref name=sp> | + | 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.<ref name=sp/> He and his daughter (also killed in the crash)<ref>http://www.greanvillepost.com/2016/10/03/encyclopedia-of-domestic-assassinations/#Tower</ref> 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]].<ref>http://www.occurrencesforeigndomestic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Madsen-on-Tower.pdf</ref> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Born | John Goodwin Tower 1925-09-29 Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Died | 1991-04-05 (Age 65) Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Cause of death | plane crash | |||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Southwestern University, London School of Economics | |||||||||||||||
Religion | United Methodism | |||||||||||||||
Children | • Penny Marian • Jeanne | |||||||||||||||
Spouse | Joza Lou Bullington | |||||||||||||||
Member of | Church Committee, PIAB | |||||||||||||||
Victim of | assassination? | |||||||||||||||
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.
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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.
Contents
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
- ↑ a b http://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