Huey Long Death

[Beetlejuice69]

I saw it on UM yesterday. Any thoughts? Do you think the doctor killed him or was it an accidental shooting by Long's bodyguards? I'm thinking it was the bodyguards.

http://www.pichut.org/up/RS-04-19-06---sal-the-stockbroker-in-monkey-mask_7793.jpg

[UMLongtimefan]

Put down one more "cross fire from the body guards" vote.

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I too think it was the bodygaurd.

[Zero]

Me three!

[greatgarrett2]

I would say that the bodygaurds played a part, albeit accidentally. Apparently, those were the days when security was not as efficient as it is today with the technology and training.

Just my thoughts.

[Awsi Dooger]

Tough call. Might belong in that 50/50 thread although not by the opinions so far.

The UM version makes it difficult not to tilt toward the bodyguard angle, since you see Big Huey wobbling after a shot to the back.

The online accounts are inconsistent. Some have the bullet ricocheting before hitting Huey. That starts to edge toward difficult to believe and certainly less likely than a straight shot.

Would the bodyguards really unload 30-60 shots, depending on what number you believe, into Weiss solely based on a punch to Huey's mouth? I'm not saying they would not. The conspiracy accounts require that scenario: a punch followed by flurry of bullets.

If you accept the bullet caliber evidence then it was the bodyguards.

I saw this quote attributed to Huey, while he was being treated: "Don't let me die. I have so much more to do."

[RightOnDude]

I saw this quote attributed to Huey, while he was being treated: "Don't let me die. I have so much more to do."

And by all accounts I've read, he shouldn't have died. Apparently the injuries caused by the bullets were pretty minor, but the surgeon really EFF'd him up and botched the procedure.

[Goofyman]

UM said that it was an undiagnosed problem with his kidneys...but everything else says the surgeon failed at suturing correctly.

[James T]

I have just seen it on the Strange Legends set and think it was the Bodyguards although I would question whether it was an accident or one of them took the chance to kill him-he came across as being totally obnoxious and seemed to make powerful enemies everywhere

[wiseguy182]

Tough to say exactly who did it, but I wouldn't be suprised if it was done on purpose. I heard somebody say one time that if Huey Long would have become President (which many believed would have eventually happened) that he would have become the closest thing we would have had to a dictator. Please don't take that in the wrong context, I'm not stating my own political beliefs, I would never do that here, I'm just reciting what others had said about him.

[bell83]

Bodyguards. No doubt in my mind

[JimmyHendricks]

I don't really know. I do look at Weiss as a Lee Harvey Oswald patsy type. I too have always wondered why Long's bodyguards shot him 652 times, regardless of if he shot Huey or punched him. It just seems a bit extreme.