page_title: Bruce Laingen
hierarchical_section_title: Bruce Laingen
caption_attribution_description: English: Bruce Laingen speaking at a White House ceremony and reception for freed American hostages held in Iran as President Reagan listens on the South Lawn
context_page_description: Lowell Bruce Laingen was an American diplomat. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Malta from 1977 to 1979. He worked under the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter presidencies. He was a World War II veteran.
  Laingen was best known for having been the most senior American official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis. He was the chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran at the time of the crisis. He was born in Butterfield, Minnesota.
  Laingen died on July 15, 2019 at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland of problems caused from Parkinson's disease, aged 96.
context_section_description: Lowell Bruce Laingen (August 6, 1922 – July 15, 2019) was an American diplomat. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Malta from 1977 to 1979. He worked under the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter presidencies. He was a World War II veteran.
  Laingen was best known for having been the most senior American official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis. He was the chargé d'affaires (head of diplomatic mission) at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran at the time of the crisis. He was born in Butterfield, Minnesota.
  Laingen died on July 15, 2019 at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland of problems caused from Parkinson's disease, aged 96.
caption: Laingen speaking at the White House on January 27, 1981, with President Ronald Reagan
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