http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/04/28/gene-autrys-cowboy-hat-grand-piano-to-be-auctioned-off-in-may/ Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Fri, 24 May 2013 17:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2011/04/28/gene-autrys-cowboy-hat-grand-piano-to-be-auctioned-off-in-may/comment-page-1/#comment-100932 Chris Souter Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:36:18 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=33401#comment-100932 Great pic of my favorite cowboy–a crush from the first day I saw him on the screen when I was five.He was the American dream come true. Born int o poor family in Tioga Texas, his mother taught him to sing–he ought his first used guitar with money he earned cleaning out stables at the age of 10. Like most young singers growing up in the period following WW1, he sang a combo of working men blues and yodeling western songs made famous by Jimmie Rodgers.
But he was destined to become one of the most famous entertainers in the world. He earned every one of the 5 stars in Hollywood for entertainment, and with a keen business sense went on to become one of the richest actors in Hollywood–singer, composer, actor, he served in WW2 in the Air Force flying transport, supply planes for the troops.He loved his Angels baseball team, though he did not live long enough to see them win their first series. Long live the memory of Gene Autry–he was in evry sense a gentle man.
Chris

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