BARROW, CLYDE; AND PARKER, BONNIE

born March 24, 1909, Telico, Texas, U.S. died May 23, 1934, near Gibsland, La. born 1911, Rowena, Texas, U.S. died May 23, 1934, near Gibsland, La. small-time robber team that gained fame in the United States through their flamboyant encounters with police and their promotion by the nation's newspapers. Clyde had been a young robber long before meeting Bonnie in January 1930. After arrest and 20 months in prison (193032), he teamed up with Bonnie, and they began their short 21-month career, often working with confederates, such as his brother, Buck Barrow, and Buck's wife, Blanche; Ray Hamilton; and W.D. Jones. Bonnie and Clyde, as they were popularly known, robbed gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks (their take never exceeded $1,500), chiefly in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Missouri. Bonnie and Clyde at last were betrayed by a friend and bullet-riddled by police in a roadblock ambush.