‘True Grit’ namesake The real Rooster died in 1912. His family relocated to Oklahoma about two years later. Brett Cogburn is still here. An alum of Buffalo Valley High School (he was one of 13 in his ...
In June of 1969, Paramount Pictures released the film, “True Grit”, staring John Wayne as US Marshall, Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as Texas Ranger La Boeuf, and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross, the ...