• Bullet holes, Huey Long Assassination

    Bullet holes, Huey Long Assassination

Earl Long

August 14, 2015

Uncle Earl - The former Governor of Louisiana, Earl Long, toasts the crowd attending the inauguration of his successor Jimmie Davis. Governor Davis, wrote the song "You Are My Sunshine" and defeated New Orleans Mayor Chep Morrison in the election, 

The colorful Governor Earl Long, was the brother of another Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, assassinated in the Louisiana Capital in 1935. While in office,Governor Earl Long spent time in a Mental Hospital, and conducted an affair with stripper Blaze Starr.