Joe Don Baker, the broad-shouldered Texas tough guy who
portrayed characters on both sides of the law, most notably
Sheriff Buford Pusser in the unexpected box-office hit
Walking Tall (1973), died Monday May 7.
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15
May
‘WALKING TALL’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 89
15
May
FORMER FOOTBALL STAR IS 56 TODAY
Emmitt James Smith III former professional football running
back who played in the National Football League for 15
seasons, 13 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys and 2
seasons with the Arizona Cardinals.
Among other accolades, he is the league’s all-time leading
rusher.
15
May
GOVERNOR SHOT ON THIS DAY IN 1972
During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland, George Wallace
(right) the governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate
was shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer (left).
Three others were wounded, and Wallace was permanently
paralyzed from the waist down. The next day, while fighting
for his life in a hospital, he won major primary victories in
Michigan and Maryland.
On June 8, Shirley Chisholm, the first African American
woman elected to Congress and one of Wallace’s opponents
for the Democratic nomination, famously visited him in the
hospital to wish him well.
He remained in the hospital for several months, bringing his
third presidential campaign to an irrevocable end.
After his shooting, a hospitalized George C.
Wallace holds up a newspaper touting his
victories in the Maryland and Michigan
Democratic presidential primaries.
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September
13, 1998).
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