Jim Tom Hedrick, renowned as one of the most adept moonshiners in the Southern United States and a star of the reality TV series “Moonshiners,” has died at the age of 82.
The report from TMZ states that Hedrick passed away on Wednesday, September 6th, in Robbinsville, North Carolina.
The exact cause of his death remains unknown; however, it is noted that Hedrick had been battling kidney cancer and was undergoing dialysis treatments. He spent his final year in a nursing home.