Kentucky lawmaker dies weeks after plunging into an empty swimming pool on a lawn mower
Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner, known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district, has died after being injured at home last month when he plunged into an empty swimming pool while aboard a lawn mower. He was 76.
Turner, a Harlan Republican, was known for his folksy manner that endeared him to constituents and colleagues alike. Turner died Tuesday evening after his “hard-fought battle” with injuries sustained in the accident, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said in a statement Wednesday.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 24, 2024 1:29 PM
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This seems a wholly believable Appalachian demise.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 24, 2024 8:23 AM
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What’s a “Harlan” Republican? Is that like “Crack” Cocaine?
Branding poisons is so 1990.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 24, 2024 8:40 AM
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What banjo music was playing on his iPod?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 24, 2024 8:44 AM
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This sounds like an “I Love Lucy” episode gone wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 24, 2024 8:48 AM
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He had some beautiful gray hair but couldn’t live forever.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 24, 2024 8:53 AM
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R2, Clarence Thomas sugar daddy H Crow I would guess.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 24, 2024 8:57 AM
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WHo in Kentuxcky an afford a swimming pool? One of the McCoys? Was the lawmaker a secret Hatfield lured there by a sheet painted to look a heroin dealer?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 24, 2024 9:02 AM
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Did he piss off the Rhoden clan?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 24, 2024 9:37 AM
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Yep, moonshine will do that to you.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 24, 2024 12:03 PM
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So how does one accidentally drive a lawn mower into a pool, empty or not?
Was he driving while drunk?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 24, 2024 12:04 PM
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Very irresponsible. Kentuckian politicians really do not care about their constituents! How dare he die in such a disappointing manner!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 24, 2024 12:13 PM
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What is it about riding lawn mowers and Kentucky senators?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 24, 2024 1:19 PM
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Um, let me Google that for you, R2.
Harlan is a county in KY.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 24, 2024 1:29 PM
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