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Pusser's official sheriff badge. Pusser was the subject of three biographical books written by W.R. Morris: The Twelfth of August: The Story of Buford Pusser (1971), Buford: True Story of "Walking Tall" Sheriff Buford Pusser (1984), and The State Line Mob: A True Story of Murder and Intrigue (1990).
The second movie strayed even further from Pusser's real-life story. Buford Pusser died in a single car accident at age 36 in 1974. His Corvette hit an embankment on Highway 64 at a high-rate of ...
Buford Pusser's legacy. ... He died leaving the McNairy County Fairground in August 1974 when he lost control of his Corvette, crashing into an embankment on U.S. 64 near his hometown, The ...
Buford Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring, and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father Carl Pusser. With a friend, Pusser visits a gambling and prostitution establishment The Lucky Spot, and is beaten up after catching the house cheating at craps .
Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1] [2]He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967.
Buford Pusser spent six years as McNairy County sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers. He was allegedly shot eight times ...
The ambush was featured in a 1973 movie called “Walking Tall.”
While Buford and Grady stake out a still run by O.Q. Teal and his brother Udell, Buford witnesses O.Q. beat his son Robby. Buford intervenes and beats O.Q. in the same manner. After blowing up the still, he takes Robby to an orphanage. At his office, Buford finds a message from Luan Paxton, a prostitute who helped Buford defeat the state line gang.