John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is a United States citizen who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan at Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981, as the culmination of an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and has remained under institutional psychiatric care since then. is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Location within the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State County Carter Government  - Mayor Bob Guerin Area  - Total 50. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The major events of the assassination attempt The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962)[1] is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. ... In criminal trials, the insanity defenses are possible defenses by excuse, by which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law, as they were legally insane at the time of the commission of alleged crimes. ...

Biography

John Hinckley, Jr. was born on May 29, 1955, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA and grew up in Texas.^[1] He went to Highland Park High School in Dallas County, Texas. The family, owners of the Hinckley Oil company, later moved to Colorado. An off-and-on student at Texas Tech University from 1972 to 1980, in 1975 he headed to Los Angeles in the hope of becoming a songwriter. These efforts were unsuccessful, and his letters home to his parents were full of tales of misfortune and pleas for money. He also spoke of a girlfriend, Lynn Collins, who turned out to be a complete fabrication. He returned home to his parents' house in Evergreen, Colorado, before the year was out. Over the next few years he developed a pattern of living on his own for a while and then returning home broke. Location within the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State County Carter Government  - Mayor Bob Guerin Area  - Total 50. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Highland Park High School is located in University Park, Texas. ... Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ... Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th in the US  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Texas Tech University redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Coordinates: , Settled 1859 Area  - Unincorporated Town 30. ...

Obsession with Jodie Foster

Hinckley developed a dangerous obsession with Foster, who played the 12-year-old child prostitute Iris/Easy in Taxi Driver

After repeated viewings of the 1976 movie Taxi Driver, in which a disturbed protagonist, Travis Bickle, played by Robert DeNiro, plots to assassinate a presidential candidate, Hinckley developed an obsession with actress Jodie Foster, who had played a child prostitute in the film.^[2] The Bickle character was in turn based on the diaries of Arthur Bremer, the attempted assassin of George Wallace.^[1] When Foster entered Yale University, Hinckley moved to New Haven, Connecticut, for a short time to be nearer to her, slipping poems and messages under her door and repeatedly contacting her by telephone. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (456x617, 53 KB)Black and white publicity still of Jodie Foster as Iris in Taxi Driver (1976) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (456x617, 53 KB)Black and white publicity still of Jodie Foster as Iris in Taxi Driver (1976) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... This article is about the 1976 American film. ... Travis Bickle is a fictional character, the narrator and protagonist of Martin Scorseses 1976 film Taxi Driver, in which he is played by Robert De Niro. ... Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ... Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962)[1] is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. ... A child prostitute is a child who either sells or is sold for sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) in exchange for money or other kind of return. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article is about the politician, former governor of Alabama and former presidential candidate. ... Yale redirects here. ... New Haven redirects here. ...

Failing to develop any meaningful contact with Foster, Hinckley developed such plots as hijacking an airplane and committing suicide in front of her to gain her attention. Eventually he settled on a scheme to win her over by assassinating the president, with the theory that as a historical figure, he would be her equal. To this end, he trailed President Jimmy Carter from state to state, but was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee on a firearms charge. Penniless, he returned home once again, and despite psychiatric treatment for depression, his mental health did not improve. In 1981, he began to target the newly elected president, Ronald Reagan. It was also at this time that he started collecting information on Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, whom he saw as a role model. Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... Nashville redirects here. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... On the Threshold of Eternity. ... Reagan redirects here. ... Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ...

Just prior to Hinckley's failed attempt on Reagan's life, he wrote to Foster^[3]:

"Over the past seven months I've left you dozens of poems, letters and love messages in the faint hope that you could develop an interest in me. Although we talked on the phone a couple of times I never had the nerve to simply approach you and introduce myself. [...] the reason I'm going ahead with this attempt now is because I cannot wait any longer to impress you."

Bush-Hinckley family connections

According to the March 31st, 1981, edition of the Houston Post, and reported by AP, UPI, NBC News and Newsweek, Hinckley is the son of one of George H.W. Bush's political and financial supporters in his 1980 presidential primary campaign against Ronald Reagan; John Hinckley Jr.'s elder brother, Scott Hinckley, and Vice President Bush's son Neil Bush had a dinner appointment scheduled for the next day.^[4] The Houston Post was a newspaper in Houston, Texas established on February 19, 1880, by Gail Borden Johnson. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. “UPI” redirects here. ... NBC News endcap, used from 2002 to present. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June... Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955 in Midland, Texas) is the third of five children of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush (Barbara Lane Pierce). ...

Associated Press published the following short note on March 31st, 1981:

"The family of the man charged with trying to assassinate President Reagan is acquainted with the family of Vice-President George Bush and had made large contributions to his political campaign ... Scott Hinckley, brother of John W. Hinckley Jr. was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the Vice-President's sons ... The Houston Post said it was unable to reach Scott Hinckley, vice-president of his father's Denver-based firm, Vanderbilt Energy Corporation, for comment. Neil Bush lives in Denver, where he works for Standard Oil Company of Indiana. In 1978, Neil Bush served as campaign manager for his brother, George W. Bush, the Vice-President's eldest son, who made an unsuccessful bid for Congress. Neil lived in Lubbock, Texas, throughout much of 1978, where John Hinckley lived from 1974 through 1980." The Houston Post was a newspaper in Houston, Texas established on February 19, 1880, by Gail Borden Johnson. ... Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Standard Oil was an oil refining organization founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) and partners beginning in 1863. ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... “Lubbock” redirects here. ...

Assassination attempt

Main article: Reagan assassination attempt

Chaos outside the Washington Hilton Hotel after the assassination attempt on President Reagan.

On March 30, 1981, Hinckley fired a .22 caliber Röhm RG-14 revolver six times at Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. after addressing an AFL-CIO conference. The gun, which cost $24.99, was manufactured by Röhm Gesellschaft, a West German company, and assembled in Miami by its American subsidiary, R.G. Industries, Inc.^[5] ATF agents determined that the gun was bought at Rocky's Pawn Shop in Dallas, Texas.^[6] It was loaded with six Devastator rounds, which have lead azide-filled centers within lacquer-sealed aluminum tips designed to explode on impact, though all failed to do so.^[7] The major events of the assassination attempt The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... (Redirected from . ... Röhm, often referred to as simply RG, is a German manufacturer of firearms, related shooting equipment and commercial power chucking tools. ... For other uses, see Revolver (disambiguation). ... The Hilton Washington is a hotel located at 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The hotel is most notable for being the site of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 54 national and international unions (including Canadian), together representing more than 10 million workers. ... West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (abbreviated ATF, sometimes BATF or BATFE) is a United States federal agency; more specifically a specialized law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice. ... Lead azide (Pb(N3)2) is an explosive and toxic crystalline compound. ...

Hinckley wounded press secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy. He did not directly hit Reagan, but the president was seriously wounded when a bullet ricocheted from the bulletproof glass of the presidential limousine and hit him in the chest.^[8] Hinckley did not attempt to flee and was arrested at the scene. All of the shooting victims survived, although Brady, who was hit in the right side of the head, endured a long recuperation period and remained paralyzed on the left side of his body. ^[9] James Brady James Scott “Jim” Brady (born August 29, 1940) was Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan. ... Thomas K. Delahanty (born c. ... USSS redirects here. ... Timothy J. McCarthy (born c1950) is the police chief of Orland Park, Illinois, but is most famous for leaping in front of US President Ronald Reagan and stopping one of John Hinckley, Jr. ... This article is about the American Presidential Limousine. ...

Trial

At the trial in 1982, charged with 13 offenses, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity on June 21. The defense psychiatric reports found him to be insane while the prosecution reports declared him legally sane.^[8] In criminal trials, the insanity defenses are possible defenses by excuse, by which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law, as they were legally insane at the time of the commission of alleged crimes. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ...

Hinckley was confined at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C..^[8] When reporters asked Hinckley's attorney Vincent J. Fuller to elaborate about his successful defense against the federal prosecutors he said, "Another day, another dollar."^[10] St. ... Vincent John Fuller (June 21, 1931 – July 26, 2006) was an American lawyer best known for defending John Hinckley Jr. ...

Reaction to verdict

The verdict led to widespread dismay; as a result, the U.S. Congress and a number of states rewrote the law regarding the insanity defense. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Utah have abolished the defense altogether.^[11] In the United States prior to the Hinckley case, the insanity defense had been used in less than 2% of all felony cases and was unsuccessful in almost 75% of the trials in which it was used.^[8] Hinckley's parents wrote a book in 1985, Breaking Points, about their son's mental condition.^[8] The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... In criminal trials, the insanity defenses are possible defenses by excuse, by which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law, as they were legally insane at the time of the commission of alleged crimes. ... For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For the record label, see Felony Records The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious crimes, whereas misdemeanors are considered to be less serious offenses. ...

As further fallout from the verdict, federal and some state rules of evidence excluded testimony of an expert witness' conclusions on "ultimate" issues drawn by expert witnesses, including that of psychologist and psychiatrist expert witnesses on the issue of whether a criminal defendant is legally "insane".^[12] However, such is not the majority rule among the states today. ^[13] The law of evidence governs the use of testimony (e. ... A psychologist is an expert in psychology, the systematic investigation of the human body, including behavior, cognition, and affect. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... An expert witness is a witness, who by virtue of education, profession, publication or experience, is believed to have special knowledge of his or her subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon his opinion. ...

St. Elizabeths

Shortly after his trial, Hinckley wrote that the shooting was "the greatest love offering in the history of the world", and was upset that Foster did not reciprocate his love.^[14]

After being admitted, tests found that Hinckley was an "unpredictably dangerous" man who may harm himself, Jodie Foster, and any other third party. In 1983 he told Penthouse that on a typical day he will “see a therapist, answer mail, play (his) guitar, listen to music, play pool, watch television, eat lousy food, and take delicious medication”.^[15] Penthouse, a mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. ...

He was allowed to leave the hospital for supervised visits with his parents in 1999, and longer unsupervised releases in 2000.^[1] These privileges were revoked when he was found to have smuggled materials about Foster back into the hospital. Hinckley was later allowed supervised visits in 2004 and 2005. Court hearings were held in September 2005 on whether he could have expanded privileges to leave the hospital. Some of the testimony during the hearings centered on whether Hinckley is capable of having a normal relationship with a woman and, if not, whether that would have any bearing on what danger he would pose to society.

On December 30, 2005, a federal judge ruled that Hinckley would be allowed visits, supervised by his parents, to their home outside of Washington, D.C.. The judge ruled that Mr. Hinckley could have up to three visits of three nights and then four visits of four nights, each depending on the successful completion of the last. All of the experts who testified at Mr. Hinckley's 2005 conditional release hearing, including the government experts, agreed that his depression and psychotic disorder were in full remission and that he should have some expanded conditions of release. is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... On the Threshold of Eternity. ... For other uses, see Psychosis (disambiguation). ... Remission is the state of absence of disease activity in patients with known chronic illness. ...

After requesting further freedoms including 2 week visits with his parents as well as a month long visit, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman denied that request on Tuesday, June 6, 2007, but not because Hinckley wasn't ready.

"The reasons the court has reached this decision rest with the hospital, not with Mr. Hinckley," Friedman said, adding that Hinckley's prior visits have been uneventful and his family has done all that has been asked of them. "Unfortunately, the hospital has not taken the steps it must take before any such transition can begin".

Cultural references

Hinckley is one of the assassins portrayed in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, in which he sings a pop ballad, "Unworthy of Your Love", professing his love to Foster. The song is a duet with Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme who was cult leader Charles Manson's most loyal disciple. Fromme had herself previously failed to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... John Weidman is an American librettist. ... Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. ... This article contains nonstandard pronunciation information which should be rewritten using the International Phonetic Alphabet (see IPA in Unicode and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation) for help). ... Cult typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream, with a notably positive or negative popular perception. ... Charles Milles Manson (b. ... For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ...

The 1980s hardcore punk band Ism recorded a song entitled "John Hinckley Jr. (What Has Jodie Foster Done To You?)" on The Big Apple Rotten To The Core hardcore punk compilation and their 1983 debut LP A Diet For The Worms. It includes the lyrics: "First Lincoln, then Kennedy, but Reagan got away/So you stood near the Hilton/With a gun in your hand/Waiting for Reagan/Even the mentally ill can calculate and premeditate plans." Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Ism was formed in Bayside Queens, NYC in the early 80s by lead man Jism along with manager/producer Bob Sallese . ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ...

Hardcore punk band The Crucifucks released a song on their self titled LP in 1985 entitled "Hinckley had a Vision", in which singer and lyricist Doc Corbin Dart fantasized about killing then-President Reagan by "Chop(ping) off his head" and "mail(ing) it to them (Christians) in a garbage bag". The Crucifucks is a self-titled debut album, released in 1985 on Jello Biafras Alternative Tentacles record label. ... Doc Corbin Dart Doc Corbin Dart (1953 - ) was lead singer, founder, and lyricist of Lansing, Michigan, USAs seminal 80s punk rock act the The Crucifucks. ...

Hardcore punk band JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) derived their name from the assassination attempt, citing Hinckley's militant devotion. JFA (Jodie Fosters Army) is a punk rock band, born in 1981 out of the Southern California skateboard culture. ...

Hardcore punk band Caustic Christ released a song called "Doesn't Anyone Want to Impress Jodie Foster Anymore?" on their album Lycanthropy. The song refers to Hinckley's love for Jodie Foster was strong enough to try to kill President Reagan and how they hope someone would want to impress Jodie Foster by trying to assassinate President George H. W. Bush. In folklore, lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. ...

National Lampoon included a "letter" from Hinckley in one issue, declaring "I shot the wrong Brady! It wasn't Jim I wanted - it was Mike, Carol, Greg, Marcia..." and names the whole Brady Bunch cast as future victims. January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... The Brady Bunch was a US television situation comedy, based around a large family. ...

In The Onion's satirical recap of the 20th century, Our Dumb Century there is an article titled "Hinckley, Foster to Wed" which notes "Actress 'Very Impressed' by Lone-Nut Gunman's Attempt on President's Life." The Onion is a United States-based parody newspaper published weekly in print and daily online. ... Our Dumb Century is a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion and published by Three Rivers Press in 1999. ...

In the Family Guy episode "Model Misbehavior," Hinckley fires the gun to start a boat race, and then Foster shows up saying that she was impressed by the way he fired the gun and maybe she has changed her view of him, as well as of all men. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Model Misbehavior is an episode from the fourth season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...

In the Seinfeld episode "The Pitch," Jerry Seinfeld remarks, "Give my best to Hinckley," after having an odd conversation with "Crazy" Joe Davola. Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. ... The Pitch is the 43rd episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. ... For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld. ... Crazy Joe Davola is a minor Seinfeld character who suffers from mental instability and aggressive behavior and is played by Peter Crombie. ...

In an episode of "Gilmore Girls", Luke Danes says, "and they told me to start writing letters to Jodie Foster!".

A song called "I Desire" appears on Devo's fifth album, Oh, No! It's Devo, which features lyrics by and based upon John Hinckley's songs to Jodie Foster. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American New Wave group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ... Oh, No! Its Devo is the 5th studio album by Devo. ...

In the American Dad episode "The Best Christmas Story Never," Stan is taken back in time to the 1970s where he convinces Martin Scorsese to quit drugs which results in Taxi Driver never being made. This results in an alternate future in which John Hinckley never attempts to assassinate Ronald Reagan, and Walter Mondale becomes President of the United States and soon after hands over power to the Soviets. Later, Stan returns to past to make "Taxi Driver" himself. When Stan's version of the film fails to inspire Hinckley, Stan attempts the assassination himself. The Smiths, from left to right: Roger, Francine, Stan, Klaus, Hayley, and Steve. ... The Best Christmas Story Never is a second season episode of the animated series American Dad!. Spoiler warning: The episode begins with the family in the town square. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (b. ... This article is about the 1976 American film. ... Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey). ... This article is about the 1976 American film. ...

The 1980s Wall of Voodoo hit Far Side of Crazy is sung from the point of view of John Hinckley Jr. and incorporates Hinckley's poetry as well as such lines as "I shot an actor for an actress who lived to tell a joke." Wall of Voodoo is a New Wave art - punk group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit Mexican Radio. ...

In the song Civilisation's Dying, the punk band The Zero Boys say "but the pope, and the president, and the big rockstar that made a lot of money, they know it ain't no fun, to get shot with a gun." This is a reference to the assassination attempt of John Paul II, the assassination attempt of Reagan, and the assassination of John Lennon.

In Se7en, Brad Pitt's character Det. David Mills, says "Voices made me do it. My dog made me do it. Jodie Foster told me to do it." when talking about the motives behind insane criminals deeds. For the singer, see Se7en (singer). ... David Falco Berkowitz (born June 1, 1953), better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an infamous 1970s New York City serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others. ...

On Episode #301 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, featuring Cave Dwellers, Crow T. Robot, seeing a credit for actress Lisa Foster, jokes "I'd shoot Donald Regan to prove my love for Lisa Foster!" Mystery Science Theater 3000 (often abbreviated MST3K, sometimes MST 3000 or MST 3K or just MST) is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. ... Cave Dwellers (Ator linvincibile 2) was a European film that was made in 1984. ... Crow T. Robot Crow T. Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). ... Lisa Foster (b. ... Donald Thomas Regan (December 21, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he advocated Reaganomics and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production. ...

On the TV series The Greatest American Hero, the last name of central character Ralph Hinkley (spelled without a c but pronounced the same) was changed to Hanley (without in-story explanation) following the assassination attempt. The Greatest American Hero is an American television series which aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. It premiered as a two hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981. ...

In episode 19 of the second season of NewsRadio, Dave Nelson (Dave Foley) is typing a memo to Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney). Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman) enters and asks, "How's the memo to Lisa Coming along?" Foley: "Just finishing up page 24." Hartman: "Wow, that's bound to get her attention." Foley: "That's what John Hinckley thought." This article is about the sitcom. ... Dave Foley (born January 4, 1963, in Etobicoke, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, and Celebrity Poker Showdown. ... Maura Lynn Tierney (born February 3, 1965) is an Emmy-nominated American actress, known for her roles on television, particularly as a cast member of the 1990s situation comedy NewsRadio and, later, the long-running medical drama ER. // After appearing in several plays, she moved to Los Angeles, California and... Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, comedian and graphic artist. ...

In Conspiracy Theory, the characters Jerry Fletcher and Alice Sutton refer to Hinckley in conversation: For other uses, see Conspiracy theory (disambiguation). ...

Jerry: "[L]one gunmen assassins, they always have three names. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman..."

Alice: "John Hinckley. He shot Reagan. He only has two names."

Jerry: "Yeah, but he only just shot Reagan. Reagan didn't die. If Reagan had died, I'm pretty sure we probably would all know what John Hinckley's middle name was."

James Earl Ray, the man who killed Martin Luther King Jr., also has been known to have been called by his middle name. John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ... Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ... Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is the man who shot and killed British musician and activist John Lennon on December 8, 1980 in New York City. ... The person who killed Martin Luther King Jr. ...

In the Law & Order episode "Star Struck", a soap opera star is brutally assaulted by a mentally unstable fan and his defense attorney pleads insanity. At a meeting with District Attorney Adam Schiff and ADA Ben Stone, the attorney references Hinckley, saying "Ghost of John Hinckley, is that it? Shoots the President of the United States and gets away with it?" This article is about the original television series. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Adam Schiff was a fictional character on the TV drama series Law & Order. ... For other uses, see Benjamin Stone (disambiguation). ...

In the Family Guy episode "Back to the Woods," Stewie says "This is more uncomfortable than having James Brady at a cocktail party", which leads to a flashback of Hinckley at a cocktail party reliving the story of "randomly firing his handgun into a crowd of people" when Brady wheels over to them to inquire about the joke. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ...

Spike Jonze created an unreleased music video for The Flaming Lips song "Five Shot Mother Superior Rain" using slow motion footage of Reagan's attempted assassination. For the musician and bandleader, see Spike Jones. ... The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American alternative rock band. ...

In 1984 Saturday Night Live ran a skit where Hinckley, in a jail cell, announced his candidacy for President of the United States. It contained the tagline, "I shot him in '81, I'll kill him in '84." SNL redirects here. ...

References

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See also

• Greg Craig

Further reading

Clarke, James W. (1990). On Being Mad or Merely Angry: John W. Hinckley, Jr. and Other Dangerous People. Princeton University Press. Hinckley, John W. "The Insanity Defense and Me". Newsweek, September 20, 1982.

External links

• The Trial of John Hinckley Jr. - University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School
• The American Experience - John Hinckley Jr. by Julie Wolf.
• Crime Library - The John Hinckley Case by Denise Noe.
• The Hinckley Double - New York Times
• Listen To The 80's hit song John Hinckley Jr. (What Has Jodie Foster Done To You?) by Ism
• The Day Hinckley Shot Reagan