WATE.com has the sad story:
PARROTSVILLE (WATE) — Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, who gained fame and notoriety as a moonshiner, died Monday in Cocke County, sheriff’s deputies said.
According to a Cocke County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, it appeared that Sutton, 61, took his own life in his Parrotsville home.
Sutton pleaded guilty in March 2008 to one count of felony possession of a firearm and one count of unlawful production of distilled spirits.
He was expected to begin serving soon an 18-month sentence in federal prison.
In a raid of three of Sutton’s properties, officers found three stills and more than 800 gallons of moonshine being stored in an old school bus.
A later investigation turned up nearly 800 more gallons of moonshine.
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I agree with b.c.w.
this is a travesty. if it weren’t for outdated laws regarding distillation and taxation, the poor guy might have been a bit happier. he wasn’t hurting anyone making some moonshine. should have just let him be.