What is Harry Whittington?
{{Infobox person | name = Harry Whittington | full_name = Harry Milner Whittington | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|3}} | birth_place = [[Henderson, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|4|1927|3|3}} | occupation = Lawyer }} '''Harry Milner Whittington''' (born March 3, 1927 – February 4, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[real estate]] [[investor]]. He became famous in the media on February 11, 2006, when he [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|was accidentally shot]] by [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]]. Cheney was [[hunting]] [[quail]] with two women on a ranch in [[Kenedy County, Texas]], near [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/texas-cops-release-cheney-shooting-report |title=Texas Cops Release Cheney Shooting Report |publisher=[[The Smoking Gun]] |date=February 16, 2006}}</ref> He died on February 4, 2023 aged 95.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Harry Whittington, Texas Lawyer Shot by Cheney, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/us/politics/harry-whittington-dead.html |accessdate=6 February 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 February 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/28harry.html ''Lawyer wins another round in eminent domain case against the city'' in the Austin American-Statesman, January 28, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302185341/http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/28harry.html |date=March 2, 2006 }} * [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-10-05/pols_feature4.html ''Last Rights'' in the Austin Chronicle. October 5, 2001.] * [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2004/07/05/daily23.html ''Whittington named committee head'' in the Austin Business Journal, July 8, 2004.] * [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1609790 ''Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter'', A