One tin soldier rides away

One tin soldier rides away

"Tom Laughlin, Star of ‘Billy Jack,’ Dead at 82"

And so, in one fell swoop, the greatest and the worst actors born in the 1930s, the tin soldier and the golden god, are both gone on the same weekend. The Reaper obviously does not make allowances for talent. Although Laughlin and O'Toole were about the same age, an aged and sickly O'Toole was still in demand as an actor, while Billy Jack hung up the ol' black hat more than 30 years ago and his phone has not been ringing.