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places to park and party. Philip S. Cohen, a Cope friend, told researchers
Derek and Donna Alderman in 2001 that when the Kudzu King “came
off his porch one eve ning to run off these trespassers, he walked only
three feet before dying of a massive heart attack.”
That was in 1961. Many years later, a reporter for Cope’s old newspaper
visited the farm and spoke to its new owner. According to a 1993
Journal- Constitution story, “when [the new own er] bought the place, he
had found the strangest thing. The farmhouse—it was covered in
kudzu.”