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Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor.It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled "Ode to Billie Joe."
The bridge collapsed in June 1972 after a fire and a new one was built in its place. [58] In 2013, a memorial marker for the song was added south of the new bridge as part of the Mississippi Country Music Trail. [59] Rolling Stone included "Ode To Billie Joe" at number 419 on its 2003 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. [60]
Tallahatchie River south of Minter City Tallahatchie River north of Greenwood. The Tallahatchie River is a river in Mississippi which flows 230 miles (370 km) [1] from Tippah County, through Tallahatchie County, to Leflore County, where it joins the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River, [2] [3] which ultimately meets the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
It got people involved, too: They wondered what Billy Joe McAllister threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge the same way people would later wonder who shot JR, who killed Laura Palmer, and why they ...
The covered bridge was open to motor vehicle traffic, primarily for local farm use, until a modern low hip steel bridge bypassed it in 1954. Having high tourist potential due to its unique construction, the Tallahatchee Covered Bridge was semi-preserved by the Calhoun County Commission although it had slowly decayed over the years due to its ...
Swing bridge in Beaufort added to National Register of Historic Places.
The Tallahatchie Bridge mentioned in Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" collapsed after having burned. The fire was attributed to vandalism. Died: Howard Deering Johnson, 75, founder of Howard Johnson's hotel chain
Paul Edward Lynde (/ l ɪ n d /; June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) [1] [2] was an American comedian, actor and game show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie and a regular "center square ...