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Who was Harry Whittington? Texas attorney, mistakenly shot by former US VP Dick Cheney in 2006, dies at 95

  • Harry Whittington, an American lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure, has passed away at 95
  • Whittington was mistakenly shot by former vice president Dick Cheney when they were bird hunting on a Texas ranch in 2006
  • Whittington's death was confirmed by a caretaker at his residence, but the cause of death is not known

Published: February 08, 2023 05:04:51 Texas, United States

Harry Whittington, the man who was mistakenly shot by former vice president Dick Cheney when they were bird hunting on a Texas ranch 17 years ago, has passed away. He was 95 years old.

During a quail shooting trip in 2006, the vice president unintentionally shot Whittington with a 28-gauge shotgun, leaving more than two dozen birdshot pellets inside Whittington’s body. According to a family friend, Karl Rove, Whittington passed away at his Austin home on Saturday.

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Who was Harry Whittington?

Harry Whittington was a lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure from the United States. He was born on March 3, 1927, in Henderson, Texas. During the Great Depression, his father’s dry goods business closed. Nevertheless, with several odd jobs, Mr. Whittington was able to pay for his tuition at the University of Texas and proceed to earn his law degree there in 1950.

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Before the unintentional shooting catapulted Whittington into the limelight, the lawyer was well-known for his contributions to the growth of Texas’s Republican Party into the state’s preeminent political force. He was the man who the governors turned to when disturbed government agencies needed to be fixed.

When Whittington was shot, he was wounded in the face, neck, and chest, and suffered a small heart attack as a result of a pellet near his heart. About a week after the occurrence, he apologized to Vice President Cheney and said he was “deeply sorry for everything” the VP and his family had to deal with as a result of the accident. He also claimed, “accidents do and will happen.”

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Whittington’s death was confirmed by a caretaker at his residence, who spoke with his wife’s approval but did not provide a cause of death.

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