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Jul 23, 2017 · Jerry Elijah Rushing (September 1, 1937 - July 23, 2017; Monroe, North Carolina) is an American best known for his years as a bootlegger or "moonrunner" (moonshine runner). Rushing was born into a family business making illegal whiskey.
With the release of the Dukes of Hazzard movie, Rushing had stepped up marketing for a self-produced documentary called Traveler. Rushing owned and operated a wild boar hunting preserve near Taylorsville, North Carolina named Chestnut Hunting Lodge.
Jul 23, 2017 · Jerry Rushing was best known for his years as a bootlegger or moonshine runner. He is the real life person of whom the Dukes of Hazzard was based. His car, which he nicknamed The Traveler, was the inspiration for the Dukes of Hazzard classic vehicle: The General.
Jan 24, 2022 · The Great Story of Jerry Rushing: The Real Life Duke of Hazzard - YouTube. Cherie Martin. 1.64K subscribers. Subscribed. 28. 960 views 2 years ago. Cherie Martin produced Interview with...
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Aug 19, 2005 · Jerry Rushing is definately the real Duke of Hazzard. He explains his life story growing up as a moonshiner, and us Dukes fans, see many parallels with his life story and the tv series. He actually inspired the low budjet film, Moonrunners, which then was changed with a Smokey and the Bandit flare, to a tv series the Dukes of Hazzard.
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Mar 6, 2023 · The series, created by writer/director Gy Waldron and real-life former bootlegger Jerry Rushing, was based on Waldron's 1975 feature film " Moonrunners ," about a rambunctious Southern...
Production. The series was developed from the 1975 film Moonrunners. Created by Gy Waldron in collaboration with ex- moonshiner Jerry Rushing, this movie shares many identical and very similar names and concepts with the subsequent TV series.
