William Tolbert
William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 - 12 April 1980) was the 20th President of Liberia from 1971 until he was assassinated in 1980 Liberian coup d'etat by the order of Samuel Doe.
Death
On April 12, 1980, Tolbert was killed in Monrovia early today in a coup by disgruntled Army enlisted men ostensibly representing the long disenfranchised indigenous population of that country. He was shot three times in the head by a band of soldiers who broke into the executive mansion at 1 a.m., according to reports reaching here. Samuel Doe commands the soldiers by overthrow and execute Tolbert.
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1913 births
1980 deaths
Assassinated people
Murders by firearm
Presidents of Liberia
Vice presidents of Liberia