Wallace has a thing for men who die with their boots on.

One presumes that, in the cowboy tradition, they all died with their boots on.

As in, die with your boots on or under an executioner's warrant.

I would rather die with my boots on than off.

I wanted to die with my boots on, and I can't seem to muster the energy to take them off.

He died with his boots on, perhaps the best way any of us can go.

"Boot Hill" refers to the number of men who died with their boots on.

We know all about those soldiers who die with their boots on.

"Everyone thinks Strom is supposed to die with his boots on."

As this series shows, it died with its boots on.