1. Richard Gregory Tuck was an American political consultant, campaign strategist, advance man, and political prankster.
12 Facts About Dick Tuck
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Dick Tuck served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, in a bomb disposal unit.
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Dick Tuck first met Richard Nixon as a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Dick Tuck rented a big auditorium, invited only a small number of people, and gave a long-winded speech to introduce the candidate.
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Dick Tuck is credited with waving a train out of the station while Nixon was still speaking.
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Dick Tuck opened his campaign with a press conference at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, claiming that just because people had died does not mean they do not still have rights.
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Dick Tuck designed his campaign billboards to read, in small print, "Dick", and in much larger lettering, "Tuck".
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Dick Tuck said he thought voters would think his opponent had done this and he'd "get the sympathy vote" with this tactic.
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Dick Tuck claimed that the Watergate break-in was an attempt to access information held by Larry O'Brien, chair of the Democratic National Committee about the Hughes-Nixon relationship.
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Dick Tuck was a campaign operative, and claimed he was never malicious in his political pranks.
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Dick Tuck admitted to making up some of his pranks to author Neil Steinberg, who covered Tuck in his 1992 book If At All Possible, Involve A Cow: The Book of College Pranks.
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Dick Tuck died on May 28,2018, at an assisted living facility in Tucson.