Richard Springer was best known for his arrest after smashing a crystal statue in front of former President Ronald Reagan at a luncheon in 1992, and his subsequent imprisonment on various charges.
13 Facts About Richard Springer
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Early in life Richard Springer worked as a carpenter, a youth counselor, and a merchant mariner.
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On stage, Richard Springer smashed a 30-pound crystal statue that had earlier been presented to Reagan and then attempted to commandeer the microphone into which Reagan was speaking.
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Richard Springer was quickly swarmed by special agents of the United States Secret Service and dragged off-stage.
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Richard Springer had accessed the luncheon using a press credential issued by Indian Voices, a Native American affairs newsletter.
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Richard Springer was arraigned and released on his own recognizance pending trial.
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Richard Springer was due to surrender himself to begin serving a four-month jail sentence over the incident on June 2,1993.
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Richard Springer sent a letter to the US District Court for the District of Nevada denouncing the United States as an "oppressor nation" and alleging mistreatment of the Shoshone.
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Richard Springer was apprehended two months later and charged with Failure to Surrender.
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In 1997 Richard Springer published a book, Excuse Me, Mr President: The Message of the Broken Eagle.
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Andersen's children later reported that Richard Springer was abusive and an alcoholic.
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In later years, Richard Springer lived on a ranch in Gerlach, Nevada.
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Richard Springer died two weeks after his 2010 wedding of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.