Weaver, his daughters and a friend holed up in the family’s cabin for 11 days before surrendering on August 31, 1992.
Later he was acquitted of the most serious charges against him. He and his three daughters filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and the government paid them $US3.1 million in 1995.
Just months later federal agents laid siege to the Waco, Texas, compound of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect.
An assault was launched, and a fire destroyed the compound and killed more than 70 people.