Gary Gilmore
/ˌɡæri ˈɡɪlmɔː(r)/
/ˌɡeri ˈɡɪlmɔːr/
- (1940-77) a US criminal who was executed for murder in January 1977. He is mainly remembered because he chose to be shot by a firing squad, as a condemned person is allowed to do in the state of Utah, though no one else has chosen this form of death since.