Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Fuller, Bobby October 22, 1942–July 18, 1966 Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills 6300 Forest Lawn Drive Los Angeles, California 323-254-7251 Plot: Sheltering Hills, L-362, space 4 Born in Baytown, Texas, Robert Gaston Fuller spent most of his youth in El Paso, Texas, where he idolized Buddy Holly, a fellow West Texan. Fuller came to Los Angeles in 1964 with his band The Bobby Fuller Four and was signed to Mustang Records by producer Bob Keane, noted for discovering Ritchie Valens and producing many surf music groups. Fuller’s first Top 40 hit was a tune he wrote called “Let Her Dance” and his second hit “I Fought the Law” reached number four on Billboard (and was written by Sonny Curtis, a former member of Holly’s group The Crickets). Just as “I Fought The Law” became a Top 10 hit, Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked automobile near his Los Angeles home. The police considered the death an apparent suicide, however many people still believe Fuller was murdered. He was found with multiple wounds all over his body and covered in gasoline leading many to speculate that the perpetrators fled before they could set the car on fire.
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