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Man Convicted Of 1960 Murder Of Coors Heir Shoots Himself
A man who served nearly 20 years in prison for the slaying of the grandson of the founder of the Coors brewery has died of what evidently was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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DENVER (August 25, 2009)--Joe Corbett, who served nearly 20 years in prison for the 1960 slaying of the grandson of the founder of the Coors brewery, has died of what was evidently a self-inflicted gunshot.
Chief Denver Deputy Coroner Michelle Weiss-Samaras said Corbett died from a single gunshot wound to the head Monday morning.
She says he was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer.
Corbett was convicted of killing Adolph Coors III during a botched kidnapping attempt.
Colorado Department of Correction records show he served 19 years in prison his release in
December 1980.
Before the slaying, Corbett was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Oregon and had entertained dreams of going to medical school.
He had an IQ of 148.
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Correct on never being let out of Prison. And he finally got what he deserved(death).
He should have never gotten out in the first place.
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