Frederick Tupper Saussy III (July 3, 1936 – March 16, 2007) was an American composer, musician, author, artist, tax protester and conspiracy theorist.
He was a self-styled theologian, restaurant owner, ghostwriter of James Earl Ray's biography, King assassination conspiracy theorist, anti-government pamphleteer, and radical opponent of the federal government’s taxation and monetary authority.
Saussy also composed two pop songs for The Wayward Bus, "The Prophet: Predictions by David Hoy" and "Love Hum".
[6] In 1972, he published the play, To Watch a Beautiful Sunrise, through Samuel French Inc., a comedy concerning a radical anarchist with the House of the Rising Sons who is assigned to kill his own stepfather.
Between 1980 and 1987, Saussy edited The Main Street Journal, advising and reporting on political action aimed at restoring the gold and silver monetary system in the U.S. and arguing against federal taxes.
[1] In the early 1980s, the federal government had begun cracking down on outspoken tax protesters, whose numbers were then estimated by the Internal Revenue Service at 40,000 or more.
In prison, he collated his research and prepared a final manuscript, which was published in 1999 by Osprey under the title Rulers of Evil: Useful Knowledge about Governing Bodies.
In April 2006, Tupper Saussy resumed his career as composer, pianist, and performing musician with the Nashville debut of The Chocolate Orchid Piano Bar, an album of new and vintage songs.
[17] Saussy was first married to Lola Haun (1940-1995), a Nashville socialite, whom he met during his tenure as a teacher at Montgomery Bell Academy.
[citation needed] Tupper Saussy died on March 16, 2007, at his home in Nashville of a heart attack, two days before the release of The Chocolate Orchid Piano Bar on CD.