Infamous Alabama super fan and poisoner of Auburn’s Tommer’s Oaks Harvey Updyke died on Thursday at the age of 71 from natural causes in Louisiana according to AL.com who received the news from his son.
Updyke’s name became synonymous with Alabama and Auburn football when he called into the Paul Finebaum show on Jan. 27, 2011 and informed the audience that he had in-fact poisoned Toomer’s Oaks following a 28-27 Crimson Tide Iron Bowl loss.
“Let me tell you what I did,” Updyke said to Finebaum. “The weekend after the Iron Bowl, I went to Auburn because I lived 30 miles away, and I poisoned the two Toomer’s trees.