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'''Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton''' (1946 – March 16, 2009) was an [[Appalachia|Appalachian]] maker of [[moonshine]] from [[Maggie Valley, NC| Maggie Valley, North Carolina]].<ref name=APObit>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/18/national/a153330D92.DTL&hw=blazes&sn=005&sc=743|title=Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison|first=Duncan|last=Mansfield|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|date=March 19, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009}}</ref><ref name=WSJ>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123759972941001681.html|title=Legendary Tennessee Moonshiner Plied His Trade to the End|first=Stephen|last=Miller|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=March 20, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009}}</ref><ref name=WBIR>{{cite news|url=http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=81403&catid=2|title=Family of legendary moonshiner hoped his sentence would be reduced|first=Emily|last=Stroud|date=March 17, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009|work=[[WBIR-TV]]}}</ref> |
'''Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton''' (1946 – March 16, 2009) was an [[Appalachia|Appalachian]] maker of [[moonshine]] from [[Maggie Valley, NC| Maggie Valley, North Carolina]].<ref name=APObit>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/18/national/a153330D92.DTL&hw=blazes&sn=005&sc=743|title=Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison|first=Duncan|last=Mansfield|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|date=March 19, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009}}</ref><ref name=WSJ>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123759972941001681.html|title=Legendary Tennessee Moonshiner Plied His Trade to the End|first=Stephen|last=Miller|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=March 20, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009}}</ref><ref name=WBIR>{{cite news|url=http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=81403&catid=2|title=Family of legendary moonshiner hoped his sentence would be reduced|first=Emily|last=Stroud|date=March 17, 2009|accessdate=March 21, 2009|work=[[WBIR-TV]]}}</ref> |
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Sutton's career in [[bootleg|bootlegging]]—and getting caught for it—extended back to the 1970s.<ref name=WSJ/> In 1999, Sutton published ''Me and My Likker'', an autobiography and guide to moonshine production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Me-My-Likker-Popcorn-Sutton/dp/0970162804/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237679728&sr=8-6|title=''Me and My Likker'' at amazon.com|accessdate=March 22, 2009}}</ref> He was featured in a 2007 documentary on [[hillbilly|hillbillies]] on [[The History Channel]].<ref name=APObit/> |
Sutton's career in [[bootleg|bootlegging]]—and getting caught for it—extended back to the 1970s.<ref name=WSJ/> In 1999, Sutton published ''Me and My Likker'', an autobiography and guide to moonshine production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Me-My-Likker-Popcorn-Sutton/dp/0970162804/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237679728&sr=8-6|title=''Me and My Likker'' at amazon.com|accessdate=March 22, 2009}}</ref> He was featured in a 2007 documentary on [[hillbilly|hillbillies]] on [[The History Channel]].<ref name=APObit/> In 2009, he was featured in the documentary The Last One, filmed by Neal Hutchenson.<ref>http://www.suckerpunchpictures.com/last_one_popcorn_sutton.html</ref> |
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Sutton considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, being as he was Scots-Irish and descendant from a long line of moonshiners. <ref name=WSJ/> In January 2009, Sutton was sentenced to eighteen months in a federal prison for illegally brewing spirits and possession of a firearm as a felon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Famed moonshiner gets 18 months|date=January 26, 2009|accsessdate=March 29, 2009|work=[[Times-News (North Carolina)|Times-News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20090126/news/901260263}}</ref> Sutton, 62 and recently diagnosed with cancer, pleaded with the judge to let him serve his sentence under house arrest. Several petitions were made in attempts to reduce or commute Sutton's sentence, to no avail. In sentencing, the judge specifically referenced the documentary about him.<ref name=APObit/> Sutton committed [[suicide]] by [[suicide methods#Carbon monoxide poisoning|carbon monoxide poisoning]] in March, 2009, apparently to avoid a federal prison term due to begin a few days later. |
Sutton considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, being as he was Scots-Irish and descendant from a long line of moonshiners. <ref name=WSJ/> In January 2009, Sutton was sentenced to eighteen months in a federal prison for illegally brewing spirits and possession of a firearm as a felon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Famed moonshiner gets 18 months|date=January 26, 2009|accsessdate=March 29, 2009|work=[[Times-News (North Carolina)|Times-News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20090126/news/901260263}}</ref> Sutton, 62 and recently diagnosed with cancer, pleaded with the judge to let him serve his sentence under house arrest. Several petitions were made in attempts to reduce or commute Sutton's sentence, to no avail. In sentencing, the judge specifically referenced the documentary about him.<ref name=APObit/> Sutton committed [[suicide]] by [[suicide methods#Carbon monoxide poisoning|carbon monoxide poisoning]] in March, 2009, apparently to avoid a federal prison term due to begin a few days later. |
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Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (1946 – March 16, 2009) was an Appalachian maker of moonshine from Maggie Valley, North Carolina.[1][2][3]
Sutton's career in bootlegging—and getting caught for it—extended back to the 1970s.[2] In 1999, Sutton published Me and My Likker, an autobiography and guide to moonshine production.[4] He was featured in a 2007 documentary on hillbillies on The History Channel.[1] In 2009, he was featured in the documentary The Last One, filmed by Neal Hutchenson.[5]
Sutton considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, being as he was Scots-Irish and descendant from a long line of moonshiners. [2] In January 2009, Sutton was sentenced to eighteen months in a federal prison for illegally brewing spirits and possession of a firearm as a felon.[6] Sutton, 62 and recently diagnosed with cancer, pleaded with the judge to let him serve his sentence under house arrest. Several petitions were made in attempts to reduce or commute Sutton's sentence, to no avail. In sentencing, the judge specifically referenced the documentary about him.[1] Sutton committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in March, 2009, apparently to avoid a federal prison term due to begin a few days later.
References
- ^ a b c Mansfield, Duncan (March 19, 2009). "Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison". San Francisco Chronicle. The Associated Press. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ a b c Miller, Stephen (March 20, 2009). "Legendary Tennessee Moonshiner Plied His Trade to the End". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ Stroud, Emily (March 17, 2009). "Family of legendary moonshiner hoped his sentence would be reduced". WBIR-TV. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ "Me and My Likker at amazon.com". Retrieved March 22, 2009.
- ^ http://www.suckerpunchpictures.com/last_one_popcorn_sutton.html
- ^ "Famed moonshiner gets 18 months". Times-News. Associated Press. January 26, 2009.
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