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A derelict sign promoting Pusser's Rum. Pusser's Rum is a brand name of rum produced by Pusser's Rum Ltd., based in the British Virgin Islands.Nine years after the Royal Navy discontinued the daily rum ration in 1970, the company was founded to produce the rum from the original Royal Navy recipe, [1] using a blend of five West Indian rums.
Buford Pusser was born in Finger, McNairy County, Tennessee, on December 12, 1937, [3] the son of Helen (née Harris) and Carl Pusser. [4] His father was the police chief of Adamsville, Tennessee. [5]
In 2008, under Smith's leadership, the Connecticut Post received its first Newspaper of the Year Award from the New England Newspaper Association. [15] Comedian and actor Richard Belzer, a Bridgeport native, was a paperboy and later a staff reporter for the Post, before pursuing his career as an entertainer. [16]
Finally, Pauline and Pusser are ambushed in their car. Pauline is killed and Pusser is seriously injured. Pusser is admitted to the hospital after being shot, and while still in a neck-and-face cast, attends his wife's funeral. Afterward, Pusser rams a sheriff cruiser through the front doors of The Lucky Spot, killing two of his would-be assassins.
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.
Life as the main story: For deaths where the person's life is the main story, where the news reporting of the death consists solely of obituaries, or where the update to the article in question is merely a statement of the time and cause of death, the "recent deaths" section is usually used. Death as the main story: For deaths where the cause ...
A person who has a news obituary (and not a paid death notice) in a national quality [1] newspaper, such as The New York Times or The Times, is usually notable. An individual obituary should be evaluated for bias in the same way as any other historical source, using the methods normally used by professional historians to evaluate historical ...
Connecticut Examiner [1] – Old Lyme; Connecticut Inside Investigator [2] – Hartford; Connecticut Post – Bridgeport; The Day – New London; Fairfield County CT Inquirer – Norwalk; Greenwich Time – Greenwich; Hartford Courant – Hartford; New Britain Herald – New Britain; The Hour – Norwalk; Journal Inquirer – Manchester; The ...