 The station tried to claim Dollar asked for the change, but he would not confirm that.Dollar appeared as an announcer in two movies, "Stroker Ace" in 1983, and "Bandit Goes Country" in 1994.On November 21, 1996, Dollar died as the result of a head-on collision with a pickup truck on N.C. Highway 279 south of Gastonia after he swerved into the pickup's path.