Bought the Farm

in Hits & Misses by
“Bears? I love bears. All kinds of bears.
Black bears, brown bears,
panda bears, leather bears,
muscle bears, sailor bears…”
 

Troy Gentry
Musician, KY boy, canned hunter.
April 5, 1967 – September 8, 2017.
Aged 50 years.

Most recognized for: He was the “Gentry” in the radio-friendly country duo Montgomery Gentry. They made lots of hit records.. and money… money Troy used to purchase domesticated bears from wildlife organizations… to “hunt” inside a 3 acre electrified enclosure. After his body was pulled from a fatal helicopter crash in New Jersey, coroners failed to recover his testicles… eventually coming to the conclusion: “sounds like he never had any to begin with.”