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The Crows take reprisal on his family. Johnson finding his family dead retaliated; so goes the movie. The Real Jeremiah Johnson: As I stated above, the story of Jeremiah Johnson is based in part on the life of Liver-Eatenâ Johnson (1824-1900). his biography being documented in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunkerâs book Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson.
Johnson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation, of Irish and Cherokee ancestry, the son of Ollie Susan Johnson (nee NÃ©e; workmon-1899) 2000 And Ben, Johnson. (sr-1896). 1952 his father was a rancher and rodeo champion In Osage. countyn 1982, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. In 1996 Tom Thurman made a documentary film about Johnson's life, titled Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right, written by Thurman and Tom Marksbury.