LIFE 1939: "The Shooting of Huey Long": A painting for LIFE by John McCrady. http://bit.ly/1joPSrR
LIFE 1939: "The Shooting of Huey Long": A painting for LIFE by John McCrady. http://bit.ly/1joPSrR
"The first and last bosses of Louisiana met the same end - death by assassination - 248 years apart. One came from Rouen, France; the other from the red-clay hills of Winn Parish, La. At left is Artist John McCrady's conception, especially painted for LIFE, of the shooting of Huey Pierce Long. As if in astonishment, the bronze bust of Rene Rober Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, shot by a mutinous follower in 1687 in the new French colony of Louisiana, looks down in 1935 on the staggering Kingfish."
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The bullet holes from his assassination are still able to be seen in the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They were let as a reminder that greed has its price. (or so the locals like to say as to why they are still there.)
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Huey Pierce Long, Jr., nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. Wikipedia
Born: August 30, 1893, Winnfield, LA
Assassinated: September 10, 1935, Baton Rouge, LA
Previous office: Senator (LA) 1932–1935