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Article: GENE AUTRY, AMERICA'S FIRST SINGING COWBOY, DIES AT 91.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 3, 1998
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Byline: BETH HARRIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES -- In his movies and TV series, Gene Autry played the same unchangeable character: a true-blue son of the West who always fought fair and square and loved his horse, Champion.
Off the screen, Autry was a shrewd businessman who owned baseball's Anaheim Angels for more than 30 years.
Hollywood's original singing cowboy died at his home Friday after a long illness. He was 91.
Autry's death came three months after the industry bid happy trails to Roy Rogers, who replaced Autry as Hollywood's top cowboy when Autry left to serve in World War II.
``He often considered himself the baby ...