THOMAS HEZIKIAH MIX

Cow Country Mourns Death of Tom Mix

Hollywood, Oct. 14 — There’s sadness in the cow country today — grief among thousands who were and are followers of western movies — heartache throughout Hollywood. Tom Mix is dead.

The nation’s cowboy No. 1 was killed Saturday when his automobile overturned at high speed near Florence, Ariz. Mix, 60, was on his way from Tucson to Florence as advance agent for a circus. In the car and on his body authorities found jewels, $6,000 in cash, and $1,500 in travelers’ checks.

The body will lie in state all day tomorrow and will be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in nearby Glendale on Wednesday.

 

Published in the Astoria Argus-Searchlight on 10/16/1940

 

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