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Article: Obituaries in the news
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- August 18, 2009
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Sherwood Cryer
HOUSTON (AP) _ Sherwood Cryer, the former owner of a Pasadena bar and nightclub made famous by the 1980 film "Urban Cowboy," has died.
A Rosewood Funeral Home mortician in Pasadena confirmed Cryer's death but said the family didn't want to release details. Attempts to contact the family were unsuccessful.
KTRK-TV in Houston cites Cryer associates as saying he died Thursday of natural causes.
Cryer co-owned Gilley's, the quintessential Texas honky tonk in the industrial Houston suburb that was popularized in the movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.
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