Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics in the Fuller family den, 1962

The Life, and Mysterious Death, of Bobby Fuller

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 16, 2015

Biographer Miriam Linna and Randell Fuller talk about ill-fated 1960s Texas music legend Bobby Fuller. In I Fought the Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller, Randell Fuller, Bobby’s brother and former bandmate, describes their childhood days in Texas, Mexico, and Utah, their teenage years in the burgeoning El Paso music scene, and the Hollywood helter skelter that would claim Bobby’s life at the age of 23. His death remains a mystery.

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