Robert DeProspero

US Secret Service agent (1938-2019)

Robert Lee "Bob" DeProspero (December 31, 1938 – March 4, 2019) was an American civil servant. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was the United States Secret Service agent from 1965 to 1986.[1] In 1981 after the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, he took charge of Reagan's security detail. The following year, DeProspero was appointed to head the Presidential Protective Division.

DeProspero looks at a print with President Reagan

DeProspero died on March 4, 2019 at the age of 81 in Scottsdale, Arizona from amyloidosis, aged 80.[2]

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  1. "Robert L. DeProspero ('59 BS, 61 MA)". alumni.wvu.edu/. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University / West Virginia University Alumni Association. March 23, 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. Leonnig, Carol (2019-03-05). "Robert DeProspero, Secret Service agent who led Reagan's security detail after assassination attempt, dies at 80". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

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