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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Nigel Thornton died in 1982.
Arthur Thornton died in 1915.
Thornton Stringfellow died in 1869.
Eric Thornton died in 1945.
A.G. Thornton died in 1969.
Tex Thornton died in 1981.
Charley Thornton died in 2004.
Abraham Thornton died in 1860.
Barbara Thornton died in 1998.
Peter Thornton died in 2007.
Mairtin Thornton died in 1984.