Death: On July 30, 1989, at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after completing a successful 85-point ride on a Brahma bull named "Takin Care of Business", Lane dismounted and landed in the dirt. Hedeman is the son of three-time world champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman and is named after 1987 world champion bull ride Lane Frost, who died of complications from getting gored by a bull in 1989. After Lane’s accident it was Tuff who he called for, it was Tuff who rode with him in the ambulance, it was Tuff who waited as the doctor did everything they could to save Lane, it was Tuff who called Lane’s parents and Kellie, it was Tuff who cleaned Lane’s chaps and boots, it was Tuff, along with Cody Lambert, who rode home in the airplane with Lane one last time.
One of the co-founders of PBR, Hedeman currently serves as … Now Hedeman and Lambert and some doctors rushed out to him, and when they turned Frost over, they knew this wreck was worse than it had appeared. Not long after, Bodacious also seriously injured Scott Breding. His owner, Sammy Andrews, then retired Bodacious. Naturally, when Lane passed, Tuff wanted to find a way to honor him, which is exactly what he did in his legendary 10th round ride at the 1989 NFR.
Coincidentally, Hedeman is the only bull rider to win the world champion bull rider title in both associations too. Tuff Hedeman was one of the lucky people who was close with Lane.
The bull turned and hit him in the side with his horn, breaking several of his ribs.
They traveled together on the rodeo circuit, and were known to have one of the closest friendships in rodeo.
Hedeman filled his PRCA permit at a single rodeo in 1983 as a bronc rider. Death. It was an emotional moment for Tuff …”it was the only time I’ve gotten off a bull with tears running down my face.” See more daily updates during Lane Frost 25 Years in 25 Days Twenty-five years ago, Lane Frost died in a bull riding accident during Cheyenne Frontier Days. Richard Neale "Tuff" Hedeman (born March 2, 1963 in El Paso, Texas) is an American retired three-time PRCA World Champion bull rider, as well as the 1995 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Champion, and is the ambassador of Championship Bull Riding (CBR). Bodacious is most well known for his serious injury to bull riding icon Tuff Hedeman. He died at age 12 in 2000. Tuff Hedeman, born as Richard Neale Hedeman, is a retired Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Bull Riding Champion and one-time Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Champion Bull Rider. ''You …