Editing Squeaky Fromme (section)

==Early life==
Fromme was born on October 22, 1948, in [[Santa Monica, California]], the daughter of Helen (née Benzinger) and William Millar Fromme, an aeronautical engineer.<ref>California BirIndex, Name: Lynette Alice Fromme, Birth Date: October 22, 1948, Sex: Female, Mother's Maiden: Benzinger, Birth County: Los Angeles.</ref> As a child, Fromme performed with a popular dance group called the Westchester Lariats, which began touring the United States and Europe in the late 1950s. She and the Lariats made an appearance on ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' and at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-24-me-hall24-story.html|title=J. Tillman Hall, 91; USC professor led Emeriti Center|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 24, 2007|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Piece of Lynette "Sqeaky" Fromme's apartment.jpg|thumb|A section from a wall of Fromme's Redondo Beach apartment]]
In 1963, the family moved to [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]], and Fromme began using alcohol and drugs. Her grades dropped at [[Redondo Union High School]], but she graduated in 1966. She moved out of her parents' house for a few months before her father convinced her to enroll at [[El Camino College]]. She returned home for two months before her father kicked her out following an argument, rendering her homeless.<ref name=bravin>{{cite book
| first = Jess 
| last = Bravin
| author-link = Jess Bravin
| title = Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
| location = New York City
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6RHhAQAAQBAJ
| date = 1997
| isbn = 9780312156633
| access-date = March 16, 2019}}{{page needed|date=August 2022}}</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2022}}