Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Billie Sol Estes. R. I. P.

NY Daily News: Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88.

5 comments:

Jerry House said...

I've been humming the Chad Mitchell Trio song about him all evening.

Bud said...

All I can say is he always paid me on time when I cut his yard in Pecos 8-)

Unknown said...

Judy and I saw him a couple of times at his wife's restaurant in Abilene back in the '70s.

Anonymous said...

I still say I had no idea he was still alive.


Jeff

Todd Mason said...

Brothers and Estes...there's a link you didn't expect.