Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford has died at age 93. The 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford took office when the Watergate scandal forced Richard Nixon from the presidency. He is best known as a man who helped the country get through this dark period in American political history.
Hear President Ford's speech at the National Press Club on June 6, 1988, to inaugurate the first annual Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism prizes.
Listen to President Ford's speech
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Listen to the Q&A session.
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Read an essay on President Ford with a bibliography.
Links to news stories on the death of President Ford
- Gerald Ford related images from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog
- Gerald Ford inaugurated as president, from "I Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations"