Correction: he lived to be 86.

I looked up the name and saw this : "T" for :"Tiger ‑ aptly named because he once had to hunt and kill a tiger that had escaped from a traveling circus near Bristol, Tenn. ‑ is said to have killed 99 black bears during his life­time. According to legend, when Tiger became deathly sick, some of his friends went into the mountains and trapped a bear cub. They brought the cub to Tiger's bedside and asked him to kill it to make his 100th kill. Tiger told them: "No! If it's not free and running wild, I can't kill it." So the bear was soon released back into the hills, and Tiger passed into the myth of the Tennessee mountains." (http://www.bigbearcrossing.com/legend_of_tiger_whitehead.htm)
Dont know if true but damn he was a badass-gentlemen dont get that combo a lot aside from Teddy