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- Hedda Goebbels was born on 19 February 1937 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 1 May 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
- Holde Goebbels was born on 19 February 1937 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 1 May 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
- Adi Lödel was born on 14 December 1937 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar (1951), Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren (1952) and The Veiled Lady (1951). He died on 21 June 1955 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Annette Vorbeck was born on 8 November 1937 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for The Young Have No Time (1956). She died on 20 June 1959 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Chris Bristow was born on 2 December 1937 in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 19 June 1960 in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Liège, Belgium.
- Ana María Cassan was born on 12 July 1937 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Sylvie et le fantôme (1946), Enigma de mujer (1956) and Operación Antartida (1957). She died on 12 September 1960 in Paris, France.
- Gocha Abashidze was born on 26 May 1937 in Chala, Georgian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Maia Tskneteli (1959), Glakhis naambobi (1961) and Isini chamovidnen mtidan (1954). He died on 8 October 1961 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR.
- Benny Paret was born on 14 March 1937 in Santa Clara, Cuba. He was married to Lucy Paret. He died on 3 April 1962 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Norma Angélica was born on 2 December 1937 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Tlayucan (1962), El fistol del diablo (1961) and La muerte pasa lista (1962). She died on 30 December 1962 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Piers Stephens was born on 4 January 1937 in Plumstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emergency-Ward 10 (1957), An Age of Kings (1960) and Let's Imagine (1961). He died on 1 December 1963 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Lidiya Klement was born on 8 July 1937 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Vesenneye nastroyeniye (1964). She died on 6 June 1964 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.
- Nelli Korneva was born on 11 March 1937 in Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Gosudarstvennyy prestupnik (1964) and Meet Baluyev (1963). She died on 26 July 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Carolyn Mitchell was born Barbara Ann Thomason on January 25, 1937 in Phoenix, Arizona, to Don and Helen Thomason. While attending Emerson Elementary School in Phoenix, she became known as the prettiest girl in Phoenix. Her family moved to Inglewood, California in 1951, a part of Los Angeles, a mecca for beautiful and ambitious young woman desiring to be spotted.
While attending Inglewood's Morningside High School, she began entering beauty pageants, and in October 1953, her dreams came true when she was crowned "Miss Venus." In 1954, she began attending the Hollywood Professional School, where she started using weights to tone her figure to better compete in beauty pageants. In 1954, she was crowned "Queen of the Championships of Southern California." Later that year, she won the "Miss Muscle Beach" and "Miss Surf Festival" titles.
In 1955, she had the honor of being named "Miss Huntington Beach," followed by the "Miss Van Ness," "Miss Bay Beach," "Miss Southwest Los Angeles," "Miss Pacific Coast," and "Queen of Southern California" titles. After graduating from school, she became a dance instructor for Arthur Murray. As "Tara Thomas," she became a model, appearing in "Modern Man" in December 1957.
Early in 1958, Fate intervened in the guise of car salesman Bill Gardner, who introduced her to Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney at a nightclub. The smitten Rooney, hot again after winning the third of his four Oscar nominations the year before (for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "The Bold and the Brave") and appearing in a box office hit as the eponymous lead in 'Don Siegel's "Baby Face Nelson" (1957), bought her a $4,500 fur coat. On April 12th, 1958, she reportedly took an overdose of sleeping pills. The day after the incident, she told the press that the Mick tried to resuscitate her by pushing her into his swimming pool. The incident later was revealed to be a publicity stunt. By June, Mickey had separated from his fourth wife, actress Elaine Devry, and bought a new house in Sherman Oaks which she moved into to play house with the diminutive movie star.
Before becoming the fifth Mrs. Mickey Rooney, Thomason made two low-budget, indie features, including "Cry Baby Killer" (1958) with future superstar Jack Nicholson. Thomason and Mickey were secretly married in Mexico on December 1, 1958. In March of 1959, the three-months-pregnant Thomason threatened to commit suicide if Rooney didn't get a divorce and marry her, though Mickey tried to convince here that they were already married. On September 13, 1959, Barbara Ann Thomason Rooney gave birth to a daughter, Kelly Ann, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. Rooney announced he had wed Thomason in a Mexican ceremony. Later that year, she appeared in the November 1959 issue of "Gala" magazine.
Due to the dubious nature of their Mexican marriage, Mickey remarried Thomason in 1960, with the Reverend Douglas Smith presiding at his Los Angeles church, making their marriage legal. Their second daughter, Kerry Yule, was born on December 30, 1960. They would have two more children, a son Michael Joseph, born on April 2, 1962, and a third daughter, Kimmy Sue, born four years to the day after their first, on September 13, 1963 by cesarean section.
In August 1963, the heavily pregnant Barbara accompanied Mickey to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, for the filming of "The Secret Invasion." According to his second autobiography, Mickey had been cheating on her, and on July 4th, 1964, Mickey had met a stripper and movie extra in Atlantic City. In late August, his new girlfriend created a row when Barbara Ann accompanied Mickey to the set for the filming of his television series, "Mickey." After the incident, Barbara had a massive fight with Mickey, and in September '64, they both were in contact with divorce attorneys. However, they didn't divorce but decided to move out of Beverly Hills. They sold their Beverly Hills home and moved into a Brentwood house they bought relatively cheap for only $65,000 as both of the previous two occupants had died at the house in freak accidents. It would prove equally unlucky for Barbara.
After becoming friendly with French actor Alain Delon, who was in Los Angeles in the Fall of 1964 to try to make a go at Hollywood. It was Delon who introduced Mickey and Barbara to his stand-in Milos Milosevics, a 24-year-old Yugoslavian actor Delon has brought with him from Paris. Mickey had to go on location to the Philippines to film a picture, and he made the fatal mistake of asking his new friend Milosevics to look after his his wife. Milosevics agreed. With the cat away, the mice did play. Barbara reportedly took Milosevics as a lover to get back at Mickey for his philandering.
While Mickey was in the Philippines, Barbara Ann accompanied her new lover Milosevics to northern California, to the location shoot of "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," in which he has a bit part. They were still having an affair when Mickey returned and moved out of the Brentwood house after finding out. The couple filed for an official separation on December 1965, after which Milosevics moved into the Brentwood house to live with Barbara and her four children by Mickey.
After learning she was planning to file a lawsuit for separate maintenance, Mickey filed for divorce on January 19, 1966, citing mental cruelty. In his suit, Mickey asked the court for a restraining order to keep Milosevics out of the Brentwood house. Barabra began to panic when she learned that she might lose her children in a custody battle due to her adultery. On his part, Milosevics became jealous when he realized she was considering returning to Mickey. He was even more incensed when he heard a tape recording of a conversation between Barbara and Mickey, discussing the divorce suit. On the tape, made by a private detective on January 20, 1966 with the help of Barbara and Milosevics, she tells Mickey that she will not see Milosevics again, even as a friend. Afterwards, Mickey checked in to the hospital for treatment of an exotic blood disease he has picked up on location.
That night, she went out with Milosevics and her friend Margie Lane for dinner at the Daisy on Rodeo Drive. They returned to Brentwood and bid her friend goodnight at 8:30 p.m. Three of the children were at home; three-year-old Kimmy Sue was visiting her grandparents in Inglewood. The following day, her friend Wilma Catania and the maid forced open the locked door of the master bedroom with a screwdriver. In the bathroom, they found the bodies of Barbara and Milosevics. She was lying on her back, shot through the jaw, Milosevics beside her, face down, a bullet hole in his temple. Milosevic had shot Barbara with Mickey's chrome-plated .38 caliber revolver, then turned the weapon on himself. When Mickey learned about the murder-suicide, he went into shock and is forced to stay another day in the hospital.
Barabra Ann Thomason's funeral services and interment were held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale on February 5, 1966, with Reverend Douglas Smith, the minister who had married her and Mickey in 1960, presiding. Barbara's four children were put into the custody of their grandparents in Inglewood.
In his autobiography, Mickey said of the murder-suicide,"I died when she did. I am furious at what happened to her." On the rebound, Mickey married Barbara's close friend Marge Lane. That marriage failed after 100 days. - Jorma Lyytinen was born on 15 August 1937 in Kuopio, Finland. He died on 1 February 1966 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Richard Farina was born to an Irish mother and a Cuban father. He grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, where his neighbors included Ramblin' Jack Elliott. He also briefly lived in Cuba. He traveled throughout his childhood, a habit that later became a central occupation in his restless life.
Farina attended Cornell University, where he wrote stories and poems, and befriended classmates Peter Yarrow and Thomas Pynchon. In his junior year, Farina participated in a student protest against repressive campus regulations. He was suspended, and the incident became a Cornell legend. He returned to campus, but dropped out at the end of his senior year in 1959.
Moving back to New York City, where he wrote and mixed with the bohemians at the White Horse Tavern, the legendary Greenwich Village haunt frequented by poets, artists, folksingers and wayfarers, where he befriended Tommy Makem. It was there that he met Carolyn Hester, a successful folksinger. After a whirlwind courtship, they married. Farina had no income and wiggled himself into Carolyn's career, appointing himself her agent. They traveled across the U.S., Europe and Africa as Farina worked on his novel and Carolyn performed her gigs. Farina was present when Carolyn recorded her third album at Columbia studios in September 1961, where a then-unknown Bob Dylan played harmonica on several tracks. Though Farina barely played any instruments, he appeared on-stage with Carolyn at the Edinburgh Folk Festival in 1962 and made a BBC television appearance with her. Carolyn began to resent this intrusion into her career.
While they were living in Europe in the spring of 1962, Farina attended a bucolic folkie picnic in the French countryside, where he met Mimi Fariña, the teenage sister of Joan Baez. Farina began writing to Mimi shortly afterwards, and they met again at the Edinburgh Folk Festival. Carolyn left him in the fall of 1962 to return to the U.S. to record her fourth album, and filed for divorce. Richard and Mimi were married secretly in Paris in 1963. That fall, they moved to Carmel, California to live in a one-room cabin, and had a second wedding in August for the Baez family. In their tiny cabin, they began playing and developing their unique guitar-dulcimer duets. They debuted at the Big Sur Folk Festival in 1964 and soon won a recording contract with Vanguard, Joan's label. They recorded their first album that fall with the help of Bruce Langhorne, who later played for Dylan. The album was released in April 1965, and they appeared on the eclectic, vibrant, and increasingly competitive Cambridge folk scene of 1964-65. They befriended Eric Andersen, Judy Collins, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur and many others. Their reputation seemed to grow with each performance and, by the time they headlined the Newcomers Concert, they were superstars.
Farina also finished his novel, which was based largely on the experiences of his college years and travels. He completed "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me" with such agonizing effort that his hand became paralyzed. He recorded a second LP with Mimi, performed at the San Francisco Folk Festival, and was scheduled to appear at the Newport festival in the summer of 1966.
Richard and Mimi attended a book-signing on April 30, 1966, at Thunderbird Bookstore in Carmel, then went to a party for Mimi's 21st birthday. At this party, a friend pulled up on a Harley. Richard went for a ride on the bike on the rolling hills of Carmel, and they wiped out, throwing Richard from the bike. He was killed instantly. The timing of Farina's death coincided with the intersection of folk music and rock. David Hajdu's "group portrait" of Dylan, Farina, Joan & Mimi in his 2001 book "Positively 4th Street" affectionately conveyed Richard's unique, fascinating and colorful character. - Marie Elaine McDonald was a traffic reports from a helicopter broadcaster for WWDC-FM, a Washington, D.C. radio station. Her rush-hour motto was, "If you're in a jam, here I am!"
McDonald first came to Washington, D.C. as a legislative assistant to Senator John Tower of Texas, who was one of her college professors prior to his election to Congress. She was also the youngest delegate to the Republican convention that nominated Barry Goldwater for president of the United States in 1964.
On September 1, 1966, McDonald and Lesco Kaufman, her helicopter pilot, landed at an industrial park in Bladensburg, MD, to pick up a cold drink on a hot day. Upon taking off, the helicopter struck power lines, crashed and burned, killing her and the pilot.
She was interred at Crestview Memorial Park Wichita Falls, Texas. - Giacomo Russo was born on 23 October 1937 in Milan, Italy. He died on 18 January 1967 in Caserta, Campania, Italy.
- Albertine Sarrazin was born on 17 September 1937 in Algiers, Algeria. She was a writer, known for Astragal (1968), Amor a la vuelta de la esquina (1986) and La cavale (1971). She died on 10 July 1967 in Montpellier, France.
- Guy Boniface was born on 6 March 1937 in Montfort-en-Chalosse, Landes, France. He died on 1 January 1968 in Saint-Sever, Landes, France.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Bobby Driscoll was a natural-born actor. Discovered by chance at the age of five-and-a-half in a barber shop in Altadena, CA. and then convincing in anything he ever undertook on the movie screen and on television throughout his career spanning 17 years (1943-1960). Includes such notable movie screen appearances as The Fighting Sullivans (1944), Song of the South (1946), So Dear to My Heart (1948), and The Window (1949), which was not only the sleeper of 1949 but even earned him his Academy Award in March 1950 as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949. For his role as Jim Hawkins in Walt Disney's Treasure Island (1950), he eventually received his Hollywood Star on 1560 Vine Street, and in 1954 he was chosen in a nation-wide poll for a Milky Way Gold Star Award (for his work on TV and radio). But all the more tragic, then, was his fruitless struggle to find a place in a pitiless adolescent world after severe acne had stalled his acting career at 16. When his face was no longer charming and his voice not smooth enough to be used for voice-over jobs, his last big movie hit was the voice of animated Peter Pan (1953), for which he was also the live-action model. When his contract with the Disney studios was prematurely terminated shortly after the release of Peter Pan (1953) in late March 1953, his mother additionally took him from the talent-supporting Hollywood Professional School, which he attended by then. On his new School, the public Westwood University High School, on which he graduated in 1955, all of a sudden his former stardom became more burden than advantage. He successfully continued acting on TV until 1957 and even managed to get two final screen roles; in The Scarlet Coat (1955) and opposite of Mark Damon and Connie Stevens in The Party Crashers (1958). His life became more and more a roller coaster ride that included several encounters with the law and his eventual sentencing as a drug addict in October 1961. Released in early 1962, rehabilitated and eager to make a comeback, Bobby was ignored by the very industry that once had raised and nurtured him, because of his record as a convict and former drug addict. First famous... now infamous. Hoping to revive his career on the stage after his parole had expired in 1964, he eventually traveled to New York, only to learn that his reputation had preceded him, and no one wanted to hire him there, either. After a final appearance in Piero Heliczer's Underground short Dirt (1965) in 1965 and a short art-period at Andy Warhol's so-called Factory, he disappeared into the underground, thoroughly dispirited, funds depleted. On March 30, 1968, two playing children found his dead body in an abandoned East Village tenement. Believed to be an unclaimed and homeless person, he was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave on Hart Island, where he remains.- Soundtrack
Little Willie John was born on 15 November 1937 in Cullendale, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Darlynn. He died on 26 May 1968 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA.- Michèle Firk was born on 18 September 1937 in Paris, France. Michèle died on 7 September 1968 in Guatemala.
- Actress
- Music Department
Betty Loh Ti was born on 29 August 1937 in Shanghai, China. She was an actress, known for The Love Eterne (1963), The Enchanting Shadow (1960) and Hong lou meng (1962). She was married to Peter Chen Hou. She died on 27 December 1968 in Hong Kong.- John Kennedy Toole was born on 7 December 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer, known for A Confederacy of Dunces and The Neon Bible (1995). He died on 26 March 1969 in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
- Paul Hawkins was born on 12 October 1937 in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He died on 26 May 1969 in Oulton Park, Cheshire, England, UK.
- Robert Bolger was born on 22 December 1937 in Philo, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Philco Television Playhouse (1948), The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947) and The Hammer and the Sword (1955). He died on 23 August 1969 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Bozena Kurowska was born on 21 August 1937 in Luków, Lubelskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Zamach (1959), Na bialym szlaku (1963) and Lotna (1959). She died on 16 September 1969 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Magic Sam was born on 2 February 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi, USA. He died on 12 December 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Talented singer/songwriter Billy Stewart was discovered by Bo Diddley in 1956. He had great chart success in 1965 and 1966 with consecutive hits: "I Do Love You", "Sitting In The Park", "Secret Love" and a unique upbeat scat-singing version of "Summertime", from "Porgy and Bess", which has become a rock standard today.
- Billy Stewart was born on 24 March 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 17 January 1970 in Smithfield, North Carolina, USA.
- Carlos Teo Cruz was born on 24 November 1937 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. He died on 15 February 1970.
- Actor
- Transportation Department
Almost a forgotten figure as a race driver, Bruce McLaren's name lives on in the Formula 1 race team he founded in 1966. Several top drivers can thank the New Zealand native for wins in some of the biggest races in the world, including Monaco and the Indianapolis 500. McLaren started racing in the 1950s and joined the Grand Prix circus in 1958 racing for Cooper where he won three races. He introduced the first McLaren racer in 1966, and won a race in his own car two years later. He was planning on retiring from racing when he was killed at Goodwood, England, when a piece of bodywork from his McLaren Can-Am car flew off, sending the car out of control and crashing into a stand.- Bexhet Nelku was born on 8 June 1937 in Tirana, Albania. He was an actor, known for Kur zbardhi një ditë (1971), Vitet e para (1965) and I teti në bronx (1970). He died on 21 November 1970 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Charles Tinsley was born on 17 October 1937 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hell's Angels '69 (1969). He died on 6 January 1971 in Alameda County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Tone Slodnjak was born on 14 July 1937 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was an actor and writer, known for Don't Cry Peter (1964), A Night Excursion (1961) and Amandus (1966). He died on 23 October 1971 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.- Composer
- Music Department
Nektarius Chargeishvili was born on 5 September 1937 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a composer, known for Ya vas lyubil... (1968), Bolshoi Ballet '67 (1965) and Dimka (1963). He died on 14 November 1971 in RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Derek Lanyon was born on 28 July 1937 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. He was an actor, known for The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969), A for Andromeda (1961) and A Chance of Thunder (1961). He died on 26 March 1972 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Joanna Jedlewska was born on 3 May 1937 in Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Walkover (1965), Stajnia na Salvatorze (1967) and Stawka wieksza niz zycie (1968). She was married to Jerzy Pawlowski. She died on 13 May 1972 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Aleksandr Vampilov was born on 19 August 1937 in Kutulik, Irkutsk province, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Valentina (1981), Farewell in June (2003) and The Elder Son (2006). He died on 17 August 1972 in Lake Baikal, USSR [now Russia].
- Wilma Chandler was born on 27 November 1937 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She was an actress, known for A Outra Face do Homem (1954), Floradas na Serra (1954) and O Príncipe E o Mendigo (1972). She died on 14 September 1972 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Judit Hódos was born on 28 July 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Honfoglalás I-II. (1963). She was married to Rudolf Tomsits. She died on 23 November 1972 in Aszód, Hungary.
- Writer
- Producer
René del Risco Bermúdez was born on 9 May 1937 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He was a writer and producer, known for Ahora que vuelvo, Ton (1983) and Sábado de Ronda (1966). He died on 20 December 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Vadim Beroev was born on 10 January 1937 in Tulatovo, USSR. He was an actor, known for Nash dom (1965), Mayor 'Vikhr' (1967) and Samolyoty ne prizemlilis (1964). He died on 28 December 1972 in Moscow, USSR.
- Actor
- Writer
Ivan Uradnícek was born on 27 February 1937 in Stará Turá, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Alzbeta Anglická (1966) and Pripad pre obhájcu (1964). He died on 14 February 1973 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.- Meri Welles was born on 27 February 1937 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Pink Panther (1963), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and Lo sceicco rosso (1962). She was married to Michael M. Moses, Mel Welles and Gene Arthur Cates. She died on 27 August 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Vilma Stuttle was born on 5 January 1937 in Iran. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963). She died on 16 October 1973 in Clapham, London, England, UK.
- Aurelija Mikusauskaite was born on 17 July 1937. She was an actress, known for Feelings (1968) and Svetimi (1962). She died on 2 January 1974.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nikolai Kalinin was born on 20 May 1937 in Korma, Gomel Okrug, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Gomel Voblast, Belarus]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Kortik (1974), Rudobelskaya respublika (1971) and Sotvori boy (1969). He died on 12 February 1974 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus].- Actor
- Soundtrack
Graham Bond was born on 28 October 1937 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Beware of Mr. Baker (2012), Opération 666 - Paris Underground Festival (1970) and That'll Be the Day (1973). He died on 8 May 1974 in London, England, UK.- Additional Crew
Buford Pusser was elected sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, on a platform of cleaning up the county, which was regarded as the most corrupt, crime-ridden county in the state, if not the U.S. by some local citizens. According to locals, several organized-crime rings, based mainly in Nashville, ran the criminal enterprises in McNairy County, including gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, narcotics, auto theft, etc.
Pusser was a former amateur wrestler while living in Chicago, who locals perceived as tough as nails and incorruptible, which was a major departure from the image some prior local officials had.
Hollywood movies showed that Pusser carried a gigantic wooden club, several feet long which was a complete fabrication. Although there were never any witnesses, Pusser claimed there were several attempts to carry out a contract on his life. The most serious incident occurred when the car he and his wife was riding in was ambushed; his wife was killed and he was shot in the chin requiring substantial surgery and a major facial reconstruction to repair his chin as well as damage caused in several high speed accidents. Pusser died in 1974 when the Corvette he was driving veered off the road at over 100 mph and crashed. Though It was officially ruled an accident, some locals believed he had been deliberately run off the road in a successful assassination attempt but many believed it was alcohol related. This belief was further strengthened when a high blood alcohol content was leaked. Subsequent requests for a full-scale investigation of the incident were carried out by Tennessee state authorities as well as General Motors experts who went over the car with a fine toothed comb and found nothing when the family and a few locals felt the car had been tampered with. The case was quickly closed and the records sealed by court order, most officials conclude, to not cause embarrassment to family and Pusser fans..