Forrest Silva "Woody" Tucker (June 23, 1920 – May 29, 2004) was an American career criminal first imprisoned at age 15 who spent the rest of his life in and out of jail.
[3][4] Tucker married three times and had two children, a boy and a girl; none of his wives knew of his criminal career until they were informed by police.
[3][5] A former inmate of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, Tucker was able to escape from the authorities when he was temporarily moved to a hospital in San Francisco for an operation.
[3] His most famous escape was in the summer of 1979 from San Quentin State Prison in California, when he and two confederates built a kayak and paddled away in full view of the guards.
[3] Tucker wrote a number of books about his life, including Alcatraz: The True Story, and The Can Opener,[3] although it is unclear if they were ever published.