Real-Life Inspiration to One of Dwayne Johnson's First Roles Confirmed Guilty of Murdering His Wife

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A Tennessee sheriff once celebrated as a folk hero — and the real-life inspiration for the 1973 film Walking Tall and its 2004 remake starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — has now been posthumously accused of murder in a shocking turn of events. Authorities announced that Buford Pusser, who served as McNairy County sheriff from 1964 to 1970, fatally shot his wife, Pauline Mullins Pusser, in 1967, contradicting the decades-old story of an ambush that left her dead and him severely injured.

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