{"id":1837104,"date":"2023-02-06T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837104"},"modified":"2023-02-06T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:57:33","slug":"harry-whittington-the-texas-attorney-shot-by-dick-cheney-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-whittington-the-texas-attorney-shot-by-dick-cheney-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Whittington, the Texas Attorney Shot by Dick Cheney, Dies at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharry-whittington-the-texas-attorney-shot-by-dick-cheney-dies-at-95%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Harry Whittington, a Texas attorney and well-known state GOP power broker, was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2006\/02\/13\/blunder-buss-cheney-accidentally-shoots-pal\/\">Shot in the eye nearly two decades back <\/a>Dick Cheney, the former Vice President, has died. He was 95.<\/p>\n<p>Whittington\u2019s wife, Mercedes Baker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/05\/us\/politics\/harry-whittington-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the New York Times, Monday <\/a>After a brief illness, her husband passed away peacefully at their home on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Whittington is a long-standing Austin-based lawyer who was shot in the head and body by Cheney while hunting quail on a sprawling South Texas ranch.<\/p>\n<p>Whittington, now 78, was left with numerous small birdshot pellets, and lost consciousness. His blood vessels were injured and he suffered a minor cardiac attack.<\/p>\n<p>A week later, the victim was still suffering from severe facial discoloration and visible birdshot pockmarks when he emerged from the hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2006\/02\/18\/riddled-cheney-buddy-birdy-harry-shows-his-face\/\">The world was stunned when he made a public apology<\/a> Cheney<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645305\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645305\" width=\"1682\" height=\"1269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275.jpg\" alt=\"The injuries from birdshot are visible on his face as Harry Whittington outside of Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas February 17, 2006.\" class=\"wp-image-25645305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1682w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-2.jpg, 226&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-3.jpg, 579&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-4.jpg, 773&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-5.jpg, 1159&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-6.jpg, 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https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-31.jpg, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 82w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-32.jpg, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 74w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-33.jpg, 151&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-34.jpg, 243&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-35.jpg, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 77w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-36.jpg, 113&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249275-37.jpg, 38&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Whittington (now 78) is seen with his face severely discolored and peppered in birdshot one week after the February 2006 accident. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249281.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645309\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645309\" width=\"2652\" height=\"1892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249281.jpg\" alt=\"Whittington issued a public apology to Vice President Cheney 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50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In a strange twist Whittington made a public apology to Vice-President Cheney and his family. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BLOOMBERG NEWS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe all assume certain risks with whatever we do \u2026 Accidents do and will happen,\u201d Whittington. \u201cMy family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe send our love and respect to them, as they deal with situations that are much more serious than what we\u2019ve had to deal with this week,\u201d He added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheney\u2019s aides initially tried to blame Whittington for getting in the way while going to retrieve a shot quail, but in a subsequent interview on Fox News, the vice president took responsibility for what happened, saying, \u201cI pulled the trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249288.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645430\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645430\" width=\"2025\" height=\"1840\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249288.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a joint session of the Wyoming Legislature at the Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Friday, Feb. 17, 2006.\" class=\"wp-image-25645430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249288.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2025w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249288.jpg?resize=300, 273&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 300w, 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Bush\u2019s all-powerful VP.<\/p>\n<p>Around the time of the film\u2019s release, Whittington, then age 91, sat down for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/texas\/state-bureau\/2018\/12\/13\/vice-movie-vice-president-dick-cheney-shooting-accident-harry-whittington\/2291416002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview with Corpus Christi Caller<\/a> We will be discussing his experience with death.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the last thing that he remembered was the scent of gun powder in his air.<\/p>\n<p>Whittington claimed that he and Cheney kept in touch after the shooting. They even went to dinner together earlier in the year. But he described them as &#8220;two people.&#8221; \u201cjust acquaintances.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249291.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645311\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645311\" width=\"3558\" height=\"2372\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000006249291.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former Vice President Dick Cheney watches he attends a primary Election Night gathering for his daughter, Rep. 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He also said that he had given-up hunting due to his advanced years. <\/p>\n<p>In his memoir titled \u201cIn My Time\u201d Cheney published the book in 2011. \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d Whittington&#8217;s family was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day of the hunting accident was one of the saddest of my life,\u201d The former vice president stated. <\/p>\n<p>Cheney, 82, has not publicly commented on Whittington\u2019s passing as of Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Whittington, a Texas attorney and well-known state GOP power broker, was Shot in the eye nearly two decades back Dick Cheney, the former Vice President, has died. He was 95. 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