- Selections from a letter he wrote to Jodie Foster were set to music by the rock group, Devo. The subsequent track, "I Desire", appears on their album "Oh, No! It's Devo".
- Shot Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., USA on 30 March 1981 in order to impress Jodie Foster after seeing her performance as a teenage prostitute in Taxi Driver (1976). He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and ever since has been living at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Washington, DC.
- Is confined to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is allowed limited supervised visits to his parents, who own a home nearby. (2008)
- Was released from St Elizabeth's Mental Hospital September 10th 2016 after 35 years in confinement.
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