John Robert "Johnny" Boone, known as the Godfather of Grass for his role as the leader of the Cornbread Mafia, one of the nation’s largest domestic-producing marijuana syndicates, died June 14, 2024.

John Robert “Johnny” Boone, who once ran a multi-state marijuana-growing operation known as the Cornbread Mafia, has died at age 80. Boone died Friday night, Joe Keith Bickett wrote in a Facebook post ...

HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE KENTUCKY MAN, KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF GRASS HAS DIED. JOHNNY BOONE LED THE INFAMOUS CORNBREAD MAFIA AND WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS BACK IN 2018 FOR MARIJUANA ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ky. — The death last week of Johnny Boone brought to a close the tale of a childhood farming champion-turned-marijuana-grower-turned-cultural-icon who smoked joints the size of cigars and ...

It's the Italian word for "code of silence." And it's tattooed on the back of Kentucky's most notorious marijuana-growing ringleader. But while secrets around the Cornbread Mafia will forever be ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky company co-founded by the man who wrote the book on the Cornbread Mafia has reached a milestone. Author and journalist Jim Higdon told the story of a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- As state and federal investigators came through the front door of a barn in Minnesota during a bust of the 'Cornbread Mafia' in October 1987, Les Berry Jr. went out the back ...

NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — John Robert “Johnny” Boone, sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of Grass,” died last week at 80. Boone – a former leader of Kentucky’s “Cornbread Mafia” – died Friday at a ...

iHeartPodcasts and Graphic Audio are proud to present “Cornbread Mafia,” a new podcast covering the true story of the biggest marijuana bust in U.S. history. Based on the book by Jim Higdon, find out ...