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Tian Yiming (September 23, 1951 - January 19th, 1979) was a Chinese American politician who served as the first Governor of the state of Bluegrass. Being a member of the old Patriot Party, which had merged into the Republican Party, he was known as a revolutionary political figure and was highly praised by right-wingers, and was a known opposer to abortion. Before his political career, he served in the Vietnam War in the United States Navy and is a Navy Cross Recipient.

On January 19th, 1979, Yiming was near his 2nd year in office when he was walking with his wife Fala Chen and Tian Qiangwei to tour the newly built Capitol Building in Atlanta, Bluegrass, when 23-year-old (at the time) Dennis Crawford shot Yiming with a .22 caliber revolver, three times in the chest. Yiming's bodyguards had tackled him, and Crawford and Yiming were rushed to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital unconscious, where Yiming, 5 minutes later, died of a bullet injury in his heart.

Dennis Crawford was later charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with intent to kill while armed, and murder, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, released in 2004.

Early life and military service
Yiming was born in British Hong Kong on September 23, 1951, to Tian Mao and Evelyn Wilson. He was an only child and was living a poor life. Mao eventually took the family to Bluegrass, United States, where they lived a better life and Mao and Wilson worked together in a restaurant business. Evelyn Wilson was already a US Citizen before coming to Hong Kong, which makes Yiming a US Citizen according to Jus sanguinis. In 1962, a local white supremacist group burned down the restaurant, and was rebuilt months later. Yiming was also faced with racism in middle and high school and was assaulted and bullied several times. After graduating high school, Yiming joined the United States Navy in 1969 as an 18-year-old, eventually entering the 6-month long United States Navy SEAL selection and training program, and graduated from BUD/s class 50 as a Petty Officer 2nd Class and entered SEAL Team One. In 1970, Yiming was deployed to fight in the Vietnam War. After 3 years of combat missions in Vietnam, the United States signed the Vietnam peace agreement, and on March 29th, 1973, he came home and was awarded a Silver Star and a Navy Cross.