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LAST NIGHTHe Is Still Walking TallBy EARL WILSONNEW YORK - Buford Pusser, the hero Tennessee sheriff whose wife was killed in an ambush, came walking tall (6-fcet-6) into Gallagher’s for lunch and soon thereafter was seen having trouble chewing his steak.It was no reflection on the steak. “My chin is all metal mesh wire,” he explained. “I’ve had 15 operations. Gonna have another one — my left eye doesn’t lubricate, they think they can make it work better.”HE WAS SHOT up and left for dead by “the Stateline bunch” on Aug. 12, 1967, then submitted to having his life story told on film in “Walking Tall.” He has toured 44 states promoting the picture, while some people hav? asked him why.“I’m out about $30,000 in ex-FTC Checkingpensea ... the county and state didn't pay me one dime Insurance. I’m calling attention of the yfcung people to law and order. It’s a good picture. A lot of people in the cast cried.”“DO YOU CRY when you see it?”“Yes sir,” he nodded. “It’s so close to home.”Pusser, 36, a former, wrestler who gave it up because they told him when to lose and when to win, dresses sharply, and is a gourmet. He thinks Elizabeth Hartman is good in the film. “She was real nice, just did her work perfect, but I think my wife was prettier.”ONE OF HIS fours took him to England The London promoters told him, “When you come over, dress like a Southerner.”“How the hell do theSoutherners dress?”“Overalls.” they said.'i’d rather stay to home.” he said.
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Wichita Falls Times
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Mon, Feb 25, 1974
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