Back to WA-WD Home
Browse by Category
 Actors and Actresses
|
 Musical Performers
|
 Other Performers
|
 Political Figures
|
 Athletes & Sports Figures
|
 All Other Categories
|
Alphabetical Quick List
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Search
Extras & Daily Features
Today's Birthdays
|
 Recent Deaths
|
 New Listings
|
 Living Oscar Winners
|
|
Oldest Living Major Leaguers
|
|
Alive in Baseball Hall of Fame
|
|
Dead Playboy Playmates
|
|
Dead U.S. Astronauts
|
|
Mouseketeers, Alive and Dead
|
This is a hassle-free site -- no popups, no sound, no user IDs, no spyware, and no huge graphics. Enjoy.
Gene Autry
Dead
Born: 9/29/1907 in Tioga, Texas, USADied: 10/2/1998
Age: 91
Cause of death: lymphoma
Full name: Orvin Grover Autry
Nickname: The Singing Cowboy
Noted For: country and western singer/songwriter; hits include "Back in the Saddle Again" (1941) and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1949). Actor; appeared as a singing cowboy in dozens of "grade B" western films from 1934 to 1953. Owner of the California Angels baseball team (1961-98). Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1969).
