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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
Jun 21, 2022 · Leo Ryan was a California politician who investigated the Peoples Temple cult in Guyana and was killed by its members in 1978. He went undercover to expose human rights violations and may have triggered the mass suicide of Jonestown residents.
Nov 18, 2013 · Leo Ryan was a liberal legislator from northern California who had become famous for what his supporters called fact-finding missions and his detractors called publicity stunts. As a California...
Leo Ryan was a maverick politician who used fact-finding missions to expose social issues. He was killed in 1978 while trying to leave Jonestown, the cult compound in Guyana led by Jim Jones.
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Jan 14, 2011 · Daughter Of Rep. Leo Ryan, Congressman Killed In 1978 The recent attack on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords brought back a flood of memories for Erin Ryan. Her father, the late California Rep....
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination as one of the victims of the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
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Voiceover: An overview of the assassination of California Congressman Leo Ryan in The People’s Temple, a cult, in Port Kaituma, Guyana, the subsequent mass suicide of the cult, and Shannon...
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