Overview
- Multiple outlets on November 17, 2025, including the Mirror, Mirror US, Daily Star and Daily Record, published retrospective profiles citing Rutherford TN History.
- Pickard died in 1993 at age 80 after being gored by a bull he had rented for breeding during a family picnic on his Lascassas, Tennessee farm, and he is buried near the site.
- The actor is remembered for playing Frank Ross in the 1969 film True Grit alongside John Wayne, following an earlier pairing in The Wake of the Red Witch (1948).
- His career began in 1936, included service in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946 and a 1939 war-bond poster, featured TV work such as Boots and Saddles, and ended with a 1987 role on CBS’s Simon & Simon.
- At his death he was survived by his wife Ann, his son John and three grandchildren, with coverage highlighting his Tennessee roots and family history.