About T. Eugene Thompson
Lived 1927 – 2015 (aged 88). T. Eugene Thompson was an American lawyer.
Tilmer Eugene "Cotton" Thompson (August 7, 1927 – August 7, 2015) was an attorney from Saint Paul, Minnesota who hired a hit man to kill his wife. In December 1963 he was sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1983 and died on his 88th birthday, August 7, 2015. Some Minnesotans suspected that the murder inspired the film Fargo, made by Minnesotans Joel and Ethan Coen in 1996, but Joel Coen denied this in an interview at the time of Thompson's death, saying the film's story was completely made up.
Season 4 Episode 3 of Investigation Discovery's series A Crime to Remember revisited the case in 2016.
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Who was T. Eugene Thompson?
American lawyer
When was T. Eugene Thompson born?
T. Eugene Thompson was born on 7 August 1927 in Saint Paul.
When did T. Eugene Thompson die?
T. Eugene Thompson died on 7 August 2015 in Saint Paul.
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T. Eugene Thompson was a lawyer.
What nationality was T. Eugene Thompson?
T. Eugene Thompson was American.
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