TRUE MYSTERY TOM MIX DEATH BRIDGE --THE LAST RIDE-MYTHS LEGENDS AND LIES J.SCHRECK

Описание: #tombstone #graveyard #cemetery #grave #gravestone #undertaker #cemeteryphotography #headstone #chokeslam #graveyards #kane #taphophile #graves #halloween #necropolis #wwe #cemeterywandering #brothersofdestruction #cemeterylovers #deadman #dead #ministryofdarkness #restinpeace #americanbadass #cemeteries #phenom #death #art #paulbearer #graveyardphotography On October 12, 1940, after visiting Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols in Tucson, Arizona,[3] Mix headed north toward Phoenix on U.S. Highway 80 (now Arizona State Route 79), driving his 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton. He stopped to call his agent at the Oracle Junction Inn, a popular gambling and drinking establishment, then continued toward Phoenix. About eighteen miles south of Florence, Mix came upon construction barriers at a bridge washed away by a flash flood. Unable to stop in time, his car swerved twice, then overturned in a gully. A large aluminum suitcase containing money, traveler's checks, and jewels, situated on the package shelf behind his head, hurled forward and struck him, breaking his neck.[3] He was 60 years old.

His funeral took place at the Little Church of the Flowers in Glendale, California, on October 16, 1940, and was attended by thousands of fans and Hollywood personalities. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.[3]

A small stone memorial marks the site of his death on State Route 79, and the nearby gully is known as "Tom Mix Wash".[8] The marker bears the inscription: "In memory of Tom Mix, whose spirit left his body on this spot and whose characterization and portrayals in life served to better fix memories of the old West in the minds of living men."

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