Harvey Updyke, 'Bama fan who 毒(薬)d trees at Auburn, dies

OPELIKA, 式の. (AP) - Harvey Updyke, the overzealous University of Alabama football fan who 毒(薬)d 目印 oak trees at archrival Auburn University and went to 刑務所,拘置所 after bragging about it on a 無線で通信する show, has died.

Updyke's son, 耐える Updyke, 指名するd for 'Bama coaching legend Paul "耐える" Bryant, said the one-time Texas 明言する/公表する 州警察官,騎馬警官 died Thursday, al.com 報告(する)/憶測d. He was 71.

No 原因(となる) of death was 解放(する)d, but 法廷,裁判所 filings showed Updyke, who lived in Louisiana, had 非常に/多数の 病気s 含むing congestive heart 失敗 and coronary 病気.

Updyke pleaded 有罪の in 2013 to 毒(薬)ing trees at Auburn´s Toomer´s Corner, where Tiger fans 伝統的に gather after big victories to throw rolls of 洗面所 paper over the oaks.

当局 learned what had happened only after Updyke, using a pseudonym, 発表するd what he had done on a call-in sports talk show. Updyke said he was upset after Auburn (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Alabama in 2010 and then went on to 勝利,勝つ the 国家の 選手権.

He served six months in 刑務所,拘置所 for 損失ing an 農業の 刈る and was ordered to turn over $800,000 but paid only a fraction of the 量. Updyke told a 裁判官 he couldn't afford to 支払う/賃金 more, and 検察官,検事s' 試みる/企てる to get more money 立ち往生させるd last year because of questions over Updyke's health.

FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke departs the Lee County Justice Center in Opelika, Ala., after pleading guilty earlier to poisoning landmark oak trees at Auburn University. Updyke has died. He was 71. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File).

FILE - In this June 10, 2013 とじ込み/提出する photo, University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke 出発/死s the 物陰/風下 郡 司法(官) 中心 in Opelika, 式の., after pleading 有罪の earlier to 毒(薬)ing 目印 oak trees at Auburn University. Updyke has died. He was 71. (AP Photo/Dave ツバメ, とじ込み/提出する).

In a public Facebook 地位,任命する, daughter-in-法律 Marsha Updyke 解任するd Updyke as a 熱烈な, lighthearted family man who carried a gun, wore boots and loved attention.

"He was misunderstood at times, but anyone の近くに to him understood him, knew his heart, forgave his 欠陥s, and loved him. He made us all laugh. He genuinely cared," she wrote.

Neither Updyke nor her husband すぐに returned messages, and 物陰/風下 郡 地区 弁護士/代理人/検事 Brandon Hughes, who tried to get 付加 restitution 支払い(額)s from Updyke, said he didn't have 独立した・無所属 確定/確認 of his death.

Margaret Brown, an 弁護士/代理人/検事 who 代表するd Updyke, 拒絶する/低下するd comment.

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