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Popular As | Leo Ryan |
Occupation | Politician |
Age | 99 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 5, 1925 (Nebraska) |
Birthday | May 5 |
Town/City | Nebraska |
Nationality | Nebraska |
Leo Ryanโs zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Leo Ryan was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
Former California representative who is the first U.S. Member of Congress to be killed in the line of duty.
In 1970,while presiding as chairman of the Assembly committee that oversaw prison reform, he investigated the conditions of California prisons by being held as an inmate in Folsom Prison.
He was assassinated in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple shortly before the Jonestown Massacre, in which over 900 Temple members killed themselves, in 1978.
He has five children. He was sent to investigate the People's Temple, led by cult leader Jim Jones, in Guyana. He was assassinated by cult members in 1978.
He was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress and signed by President Ronald Reagan.