Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
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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...
Mix memorial near Florence, Arizona, the site of his death. On October 12, 1940, after visiting Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols in Tucson, Arizona, [4] Mix was killed when his car overturned while he was taking a detour 18 miles (29 km) south of Florence, Arizona. [4] He was 60 years old.
Feb 22, 2024 · Mix had the supercharged Cord at 80 miles an hour and his siren blaring that Saturday afternoon when he passed two Midwestern boys driving north on the unpaved stretch of U.S. Highway 80-89. The promise of the day—and the future—lay ahead of him across the beautiful desert.
Tom Mix Died Here. Florence, Arizona. Tom Mix was the greatest of the silent-era movie cowboys, and a cowboy in real-life as well. He reportedly could knock a button off of a shirt with a rifle shot, and jump a horse into a railroad box car. He was married seven times to six different women.
Jan 31, 2024 · Tom Mix, traveling eighty miles an hour, had smashed through the barrier, turning the Cord over in a dry wash. The heavy trunk had been dislodged with the sudden impact, striking Tom on the back of the head and breaking his neck.
Mar 4, 2023 · Florence, Oct 12 — Tom Mix, cowboy actor and hero of scores of western thrillers of the silent film era, was killed 18 miles south of here today when he was pinned under his overturned automobile on a highway detour.
Sep 15, 2023 · Tom Mix’s charmed life came to a tragic end on Oct. 12, 1940, when he wrecked his car at the site of a washed-out bridge north of Tucson, Arizona. He was 60. A lasting symbol of Mix’s legacy is his trademark 10-gallon, wide-brimmed, off-white beaver felt hat, made by the John B. Stetson Co. and named after the actor.
May 26, 2022 · The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters radio show was popular from the 1930s until over a decade after the actor's death. On October 12, 1940, Mix died in a car wreck in Arizona. He was 60...
Mix developed a comical style, emphasizing fast action thrills to a greater extent than had been common in earlier westerns, and he did his own stunts. He was king of the cowboys during the 1920s and remained popular on radio and in comic books for more than a decade after his death. He died in an auto accident in 1940.
Mar 10, 2021 · On October 12, 1940, Mix was involved in a single car accid ...more. Tom Mix was one of the biggest film stars of the silent picture era and Hollywood's first western star. He made 291...
