An overzealous University of Alabama soccer fan who poisoned landmark oak trees at archrival Auburn University has died
July 31, 2020, 4: 15 PM
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OPELIKA, Ala. —
Harvey Updyke, the overzealous University of Alabama soccer fan who poisoned landmark oak trees at archrival Auburn University and went to jail after bragging about it on a radio relate, has died.
Updyke’s son, Endure Updyke, named for ‘Bama coaching yarn Paul “Endure” Bryant, acknowledged the one-time Texas relate trooper died Thursday, al.com reported. He modified into once 71.
No motive of dying modified into once launched, but court filings confirmed Updyke, who lived in Louisiana, had hundreds of ailments including congestive heart failure and coronary disease.
Updyke pleaded responsible in 2013 to poisoning trees at Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner, where Tiger fans historically salvage after mountainous victories to throw rolls of lavatory paper over the oaks.
Authorities realized what had took space fully after Updyke, utilizing a pseudonym, launched what he had completed on a call-in sports screech relate. Updyke acknowledged he modified into once upset after Auburn beat Alabama in 2010 and then went on to steal the national championship.
He served six months in jail for adverse an agricultural chop and modified into once ordered to flip over $800,000 but paid fully a allotment of the amount. Updyke urged a pick he couldn’t maintain ample money to pay extra, and prosecutors’ strive to salvage extra money stalled closing year thanks to questions over Updyke’s health.
In a public Facebook put up, daughter-in-law Marsha Updyke recalled Updyke as a passionate, lighthearted family man who carried a gun, wore boots and cherished attention.
“He modified into once misunderstood now and then, but someone conclude to him understood him, knew his heart, forgave his flaws, and cherished him. He made us all laugh. He if reality be told cared,” she wrote.
Neither Updyke nor her husband straight away returned messages, and Lee County District Prison skilled Brandon Hughes, who tried to salvage extra restitution payments from Updyke, acknowledged he did not maintain neutral affirmation of his dying.
Margaret Brown, an attorney who represented Updyke, declined comment.
