Overview
- Grimes County Justice of the Peace Mark Laughlin confirmed on May 28 that Coulam’s cause of death was suicide.
- Todd Mission police found the 92-year-old’s body at his home on May 21 and reported no signs of foul play.
- Coulam founded the Texas Renaissance Festival1974 and led ToddTodd Mission as mayor from 1982 until May 8, 2025.
- On May 7, Judge Gary W. Chaney ordered the sale of the festival and adjacent properties for $60 million after a civil lawsuit.
- Meril Rivard, president of Texas RF, Inc., stated the 2025 Texas Renaissance Festival will go on as planned.