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Auburn Loses One Of Its Biggest Fans In Tragic Accident
Tammy Renae Bullard and her 3-year-old granddaughter died Friday in an auto accident on Highway 280.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Anyone who has listened to the Paul Finebaum Show at all over the last decade likely knows "Tammy," the Auburn fanatic who was known for stirring up heated discussions on the national talk show between Auburn and Alabama fans. Friday morning, Tammy Renae Bullard and her 3-year-old granddaughter died in a car accident on U.S. 280 between Sylacauga and Childersburg.
Alabama State Trooper reports said a commercial vehicle carrying an explosive material was traveling eastbound when the truck overturned on its side and veered into oncoming traffic in the westbound lane and collided with an SUV carrying Bullard and her granddaughter.
Bullard was a long-time caller to the Finebaum Show before the show was picked up by ESPN Radio and broadcast nationally. That was when Bullard went from local Auburn fan to national radio personality.
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Finebaum devoted his show Friday afternoon to Bullard, and expressed the importance she had to the success of the long-running show.
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our friend and loyal Auburn fan Tammy has died. #RIPTammy pic.twitter.com/ZdDCZPFJwX
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) November 16, 2018
A GoFundMe page has been created to help Bullard's family with expenses. The campaign is hoping to raise $10,000.
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