Park Lufkin, Country Singer

Park Lufkin was one of the most famous country singers ever to emerge from Nashville.  He sang about cheating spouses, lost loves, American heroes, and cheap whiskey.  People loved him, and he won several Grammy awards.

Because of his fame and his rugged good looks, he had a lot of female fans and was known to step out on his wife, Lily Lufkin, every now and then when he was on tour.  Lily found out about his filly philandering--"Filly Philandering" was one of Park's number one Billboard hits--and walked onto the stage one night and hit him in the head with a Gibson guitar, killing him.

Park Lufkin was buried on his ten-acre ranch, his body having been placed in a coffin fashioned in the shape of a Gibson Hummingbird.  Thousands of mourners walked by the giant guitar to pay their respects.  People forgave Park for his wandering eye, preferring to remember him for the gift of music he gave to people of the heartland and beyond.

Lily was found not guilty of her crime by reason of temporary insanity, the Gibson guitar company having provided her with the best lawyer money could buy.  After her acquittal, she opened a theme park in memory of her cheating husband.  As everybody knows, it's called Lufkin Land.  Every hour at the main auditorium, actors re-enact the murder of Park Lufkin, country music legend.  There's never a dry eye in the house.

~William Hammett   

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