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Submitted: 1/15/21 • Approved: 1/15/21 • Last Updated: 1/18/21 • R378675-G378675-S3
Daniel Rix Heard
Born August 3, 1956
Died December 12, 1993
Robert Lee Heard
Born April 10, 1930
Died April 15, 2014
"Their ashes grace the summit of Mull Mountain"
Robert Heard was an Associated Press Reporter who was shot by Charles Whitman in 1966. Thirty people were shot by Whitman, 16 others died. He died from complications of hip surgery In Austin, Texas, was cremated and ashes were scattered in Uvalde County, Texas.
Contributed on 1/15/21 by autumnskie
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