GROESBECK, Texas (KWKT) – Actor Joe Don Baker has died at age 89. Baker, originally from Groesbeck, Texas, died on May 7, according to his obituary, which did not specify a cause of death. Born on ...

Joe Don Baker has died at age 89. He passed away from lung cancer on May 7 at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles, though his death was not made public until May 15. This was reported by ...

LOS ANGELES — Joe Don Baker, the leading man turned character actor who broke out playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 movie “Walking Tall,” has died, his family announced online.

GROESBECK, Texas (KWKT/WKRN) – Actor Joe Don Baker, who starred in a movie about a small-town Tennessee sheriff’s fight to clean up corruption, has died at age 89. Baker, originally from Groesbeck, ...