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Article: ROY ROGERS 1911-1998.(Entertainment)(Obituary)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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Happy trails, Roy Rogers.
The singing cowboy and one of the last of the white hats from the golden era of Hollywood westerns died yesterday. He was 86.
Rogers died in his sleep of congestive heart failure at his Apple Valley home, in the high desert 90 miles from Los Angeles.
``What a blessing to have shared my life together with him for almost 51 years,'' said Dale Evans, Rogers' wife and singing partner.
Rogers was a star of television, radio and movies, turning out country music songs, 87 westerns - 26 of them with Evans - and a 1950s TV series that continues in reruns. For 12 years, from 1943 to 1954, he was the No. 1 western star ...