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Joe Don Baker attends Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood's gallery opening of celebrity portraits in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2002. David Klein/Getty Images
Actor Joe Don Baker, a Texas native known for portraying burly, tough-guy characters in his signature Southern drawl, has died at the age of 89.
Baker, who played Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 action film “Walking Tall,” died on May 7, his family announced in an online obituary on May 13.
