Lean Times for an Action Star

Tom Mix’s last years were tough…

Tom Mix’s movie career was basically done by 1929. Westerns were out of fashion, so he spent his last years were spent working the rodeo and fairgrounds circuit. By then, he was in his 50s and had lost a bit of his shine. He was killed on October 12th, 1940, when his 1937 yellow Cord Phaeton convertible wrecked near Florence. Too late he saw barricades on a bridge detour. He swung into a wash, jolting the car, causing an aluminum suitcase to fly up from the back seat, breaking his neck. He was 60 years old.