Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan Congressional commendations for his actions, and was named one of four "Top Cops" in the U.S. by Parade Magazine. He later wrote about the assassination attempt in his autobiography, calling it both the best and the worst day of his life. Parr died in 2015 from heart failure. The following is the list of the movies dealing with the assassination attempt or portraying a portion of it: Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement
Attempted assassination of Bernardo Leighton Attempted assassination of Bernardo Leighton On October 6, 1975, an assassination attempt in Rome, Italy, was carried out against Bernardo Leighton, a former Chilean Christian Democratic vice-president, then in exile. The assassination attempt seriously injured Bernardo Leighton, and his wife, Anita Fresno, leaving her permanently disabled. Leighton was one of the founding members of the Chilean Christian Democrat Party. In 1966, he entered the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva, becoming a vice-president. Leighton left Chile in December 1973, after the coup d'état. In exile, he opposed the new regime of Pinochet, he had already been nominally open to Salvador Allende.