Utah polygamist Tom Green, who was convicted of bigamy, had five wives by 2000: Linda, Lee Ann, Shirley, Hannah and Cari. By the time of his death in 2021, he was survived by three wives and 34 children. Before his conviction, Green had appeared on national television talk shows, including Jerry Springer and Dateline NBC, to promote and justify his lifestyle. He ultimately served nearly five years in prison before being paroled in 2007.
Tom Green, polygamist whose trial drew international attention, dies at 72
One Man, Six Wives, and 29 Children is a 1999 documentary that tells the story of polygamist Tom Green and his multiple wives.
According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Tom Green first married in 1970 and is said to have had 10 wives. Other sources list his confirmed wives as Linda Kunz, Lee Ann Beagley, Shirley Beagley, Hannah Bjorkman, and Cari Green. Linda Kunz was his legal wife, while the others were his multiple or spiritual wives. Green died in 2021 from COVID-19 at the age of 72.
In the summer of 2001, a jury convicted Green on four counts of bigamy and one count of failure to pay child support. Following his conviction, he was sentenced to five years in prison. He then went on trial in June 2002 on one count of child rape for marrying Linda Kunz, who was his stepdaughter at the time. Kunz later became his legal wife and gave birth to their first child in 1986 when she was only 13 and he was 38.
