Bobby Fuller

Robert Gaston Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966 Baytown, TX) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for “Let Her Dance” and his cover of the Crickets‘ “I Fought the Law,” recorded with his group The Bobby Fuller Four. Within months of “I Fought the Law” becoming a top 10 hit, Fuller was found dead in an automobile parked outside his Hollywood apartment.The Los Angeles deputy medical examiner, Jerry Nelson, performed the autopsy. According to Dean Kuipers: “The report states that Bobby’s face, chest, and side were covered in ‘petechial hemorrhages,’ probably caused by gasoline vapors and the summer heat. He found no bruises, no broken bones, no cuts. No evidence of beating.” Kuipers further explains that boxes for “accident” and “suicide” were checked, but next to the boxes were question marks. Despite the official cause of death, some commentators believe Fuller was murdered.

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