The Untamed
1920
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Sep 1, 2010 · On October 12, 1940, cowboy‑movie star Tom Mix is killed when he loses control of his speeding Cord Phaeton convertible and rolls into a dry wash (now called the Tom Mix Wash) near Florence ...
Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; [1] January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of ...
2 days ago · This is the expensive Cord auto in which famous screen star Tom Mix met his death when it overturned on a desert highway, 18 miles south of Florence. The car is pictured in a Florence garage Oct ...
Feb 22, 2024 · Tom Mix’s Cord sportscar overturned on the north side of the bridge and had to be levered up with lumber from the construction site with help from a tow truck. The Day Tom Mix Died. On Sunday morning, October 13, 1940, newspaper readers around the country learned of Tom Mix’s death in the Arizona desert the day before.
Oct 12, 2017 · Johanna Eubank. Tom Mix, hero of silent film westerns, died Oct. 12, 1940, in a car crash near Florence, Arizona. His car overturned and he was pinned, but his death was caused by a heavy suitcase ...
- Johanna Eubank
Tom's aluminum suitcase was thrown out of the back seat and into the back of Tom's head (He was wearing his trademark 10-gallon white Stetson at the time). Mix emerged apparently unscathed from the car -- which was not badly damaged -- took one step, and crumpled, dead of a broken neck. The gully was renamed Tom Mix Wash as a makeshift memorial.
Oct 12, 2022 · The Phaeton swung into a gully and Mix was smacked in the back of the head by one of the heavy aluminum suitcases he was carrying in the convertible’s backseat. The impact broke the actor’s neck and he died almost instantly. Today, the dented “Suitcase of Death” is the featured attraction at the Tom Mix Museum in Dewey, Oklahoma.
