Curly Thornton died in a shootout with law enforcement in 1962 after a standoff at his compound in Arkansas. The cult leader refused to surrender and went down in a blaze of glory, taking a few officers with him. In the end, he got what was coming to him, just another chapter in the book of crazy cult leaders meeting their demise.
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Ernie Thornton died in 1969.
Curly Ray Cline died in 1997.
Willard Thorp died in 1992.
Jimmy Don Thornton died on October 3, 1988, in San Francisco, California, USA of heart failure.
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Tom Thornton died in 1951.
Tony Thornton died in 2009.
Ernie Thornton died in 1969.
Bonnell Thornton died in 1768.
Martin Thornton died in 1986.
Anna Thornton died in 1865.
Alfred Thornton died in 1906.
Thornton Wilson died in 1999.
A.G. Thornton died in 1969.
Tex Thornton died in 1981.
Eric Thornton died in 1945.