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Article: Western actor Roy Rogers dies of heart ailment at 86.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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Roy Rogers, whose twangy mix of song and six-gun made him Hollywood's "King of the Cowboys," died yesterday at his home in Apple Valley, Calif. He was 86.
Mr. Rogers died of congestive heart failure. His 85-year-old wife and singing partner, Dale Evans, was with him at the time.
"What a blessing to have shared my life together with him for almost 51 years," said Miss Evans.
The singing cowboy star appeared in 87 movies. He was ranked in a magazine poll of theater operators as the biggest box-office cowboy star for 12 consecutive years.
His rip-roaring adventures co-starred his golden palomino, Trigger, and, for 26 films, Miss ...