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 WASHINGTON (AP) - He was a quiet, unassuming everyman, and it showed.
Gerald R. Ford, who died Tuesday night at 93, was the first president of the television era to wear his humanity on his sleeve, and his label as the "accidental president" was fitting: In 29 short months in the Oval Office, he earned a reputation for both physical and verbal gaffes.
Footage of him stumbling on the stairs of Air Force One, tumbling down a ski slope and bumping his head on a helicopter doorway gave TV news and comedy shows — particularly "Saturday Night Live" Ford impersonator Chevy Chase — plenty of fodder.
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